With her mother, Queen Jane, mysteriously dead. The Queen’s Consort temporarily takes the role of crownship until the princess is crowned queen.  Aelyta Aurelianus is ready for the crown. Ospheria is ready for their new queen. But the Queen’s Consort is her father, and he had a small sample of power. Refusing to give Aelyta the crown, unless she finds herself a husband from his selection of men, he won't budge. Everything about her father is against tradition and against the Blessed Descendants. After tricking her father, she receives the crown but only to lose the throne to a coup on the night of her coronation. Fighting for her rightful place, Aelyta learns the true worth of the Elementals and the true weight of power over the Crownship.