Jake and Isabelle live in a tiny house by a lake. Jake comes home from town one day with news that the King has left their kingdom. Jake and Isabelle struggle with the abandonment by their beloved leader and Isabelle sends Jake on a mission to find the King and bring him back.

Months later, Jake returns from the journey empty-handed to find the kingdom and Isabelle drastically changed. A new steward has taken power in the King’s absence, and has seized all private property and forced hundreds of citizens to leave their homes and live in camps on the land surrounding Jake and Isabelle’s house.

As months pass, conditions in the kingdom worsen as the steward continues to seize property, restrict access to healthcare, and take away schools and guns throughout the kingdom. As Jake and Isabelle run out of money and options, they get more and more desperate.

Upon hearing that the steward is planning an inspection visit to the camp surrounding their house, Isabelle plots his assassination and begs Jake to help. When their plan succeeds, Jake and Isabelle are confronted with the unhappy truth that even with the steward gone, their kingdom is in chaos and nothing can ever be the same as it was before.