In her bid to find safety, Princess Zira Sallee finds herself in Cyra, the home planet of her companion, Prince Luther Saboa. The tension between Luther and Zira only grows here, and the love that had started to grow between them quickly wilts under the pressure.

Unwilling to be helpless, Zira takes control of her life again and becomes the woman she needs to be to survive. She has new Elite to protect her, a good friend of questionable morals to spy for her, and the cunning to get her through it.

War with Avalonia is inevitable, but Zira will not be the submissive princess she was raised to be if it means her people suffer. She will be the queen her people need, even if she is yet to wear the crown.