Thief’s sacrifice

Every year the royal family of the Zark empire have to sacrifice two people to establish their power and honor their God. In the meanwhile, the life of the emperor, Daniel Riddle, is at risk of death from threats, wars that have yet to begin, and court betrayals. He started getting paranoid, and he couldn't even sleep at night. He wanted to make sure he had the perfect heir to the throne. So he puts his three children: Percival, Fenicia, and Zayn, in a competition for the throne. The empress worried sick that her children might kill each other, hires a thief and his crew to gain their trust and to prevent them from killing each other. But, what happens if the feelings start kicking in? ******* Hiccup is an eighteen-year-old boy who is the lead in his crew of thieves. When he is set free by the royal guards after being sold as a slave, he gets a visit: the empress herself. She offers him a job where he'll have to gain her children's trust and prevent their death. He accepts, but the job is harder than he thought: he has to deal with three of the most dangerous people in the empire. They underestimate him until the night when he saves Zayn. From then, something changes completely, and Hiccup starts having nightmares.