
by OdenTheTasty
Coren has lived next door to Fae and dangerous fauna his whole life. His hamlet sits tucked deep in the Lost Woods, with centuries of experience at surviving its perils. But since it is all he has ever known, even the fantastic magics of the woods grew to bore him. So what Coren wants is out, which is seldom managed, the woods having no patience for those with direction. And close to the day he planned to set out, the Fae of the Lost Woods forces him into an arrangement. If there's one lesson Coren knows, it's that every soul who dealt with the Fae was better off before they went in. He does not go out alone, either. There is Kell, a very important count's son, as he would describe it, who Coren hauled out of those woods half dead. And there is Saerin, one of the three who put him in them, but something is odd with Kell's patience for his would be murderer. Finished book 1. Just gotta proof read it to fix my plot holes and a million other issues, which can take a lot of time. Hope you enjoy. Figured if i wrote the book out first, ill actually upload. Changed the cover art and title to be more gripping, used to be Wander and Write Home.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:49 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
24%
Two or more lists
18%
Likely threshold order: Horror → Drama → Mystery → Romance → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror + Drama + Mystery + Romance (7%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
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#3198 of 12,127 · 3148 below RS #50
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