Ever since the Kryser Trials, the Royal Picking has been a waited for event. Every ten years, thirty girls and thirty boys , ages sixteen through twenty, are randomly chosen from the villages to win a chance to be Queen and King of Akontis. The reign of the past Queen and King is up and the Tenth Royal Picking has begun. In the Stifles, Xiernia, an eighteen year old girl, finds herself trying to decide if she wants to be Queen or not, though it isn't even up to her. It isn't up to anyone. Do you want to be Queen?

Sometimes we're all too drenched in our own problems to realize others are drowning, too.

For Malik, anywhere was better than Egypt. That, he was sure of.

Amelia Heidari knows her last two years at the University of Toronto matter more than anything shes done before. Her goals for the year include: raising her 3.8 GPA, securing a med-related internship, making her Middle Eastern parents proud, and becoming financially independent so that she doesn't feel indebted to her father. Falling into bed with the Varsity Blues forward was never on her list, but neither was blowing her interview and losing her internship eligibility. Zayn Carter has been dreaming of playing in the NBA since the moment he learned to shoot hoops. With graduation fast approaching, he needs these last two years to hone his skills and improve his standings to ensures he's draft ready. That means continuing to make the game his priority and sticking to his one-and-done policy but, that's easier said than done. Amelia Heidari was only supposed to be a hookup, not the girl derailing his game and risking his career. With both their futures on the line, they agreed to avoid each other but with their paths constantly colliding, they can only avoid each other for so long. **previously known as "Worth the Fight"

Nesta and Aaron are best friends. Aaron and Ronan are bothers. Bailey is in love with Ronan. Ronan and Nesta absolutely despise each other. So, imagine the shit-storm brewing when one drunken encounter at a party starts a not-so-friends with benefits arrangement between Nesta Price and Ronan Singer. Aaron would flip, Bailey's heart would break, and Nesta and Ronan would be forced to consider that their "relationship" might be more than just a heaping pile of sexual tension. That is, if anybody found out. • TRIGGER WARNING IN: DESCRIPTION