Princess Clarissa of Arcalea is the eldest of two daughters, and before she turned the age of six was engaged to Prince Nicholas of Anawrete. After years of controlling the court of her home country, Clarissa must navigate the foreign court with few allies. Not only are there plots against her life, her father starts implementing startling laws that force her attention toward her own country's court. Armed with only one lady's maid, two companions, and a loyal spy, will Clarissa survive until her marriage or be assassinated for other's political gain.