Life as the king's younger sister should be exciting. Not for Princess Kalendria. She's sick of the dissent and of constantly having her family undermined by those who think they could rule Malorn better than King Korram. Hoping to lighten the mood in the palace, Kalendria plans a ball to celebrate her seventeenth birthday. It doesn't hurt that their handsome Alasian ally King Jaymin has promised to attend, and she's been waiting for him to notice...