Growing up with a drunk father and a constantly plotting mother is hard- especially when you're the Crown Prince of Illéa, as Alpheus Schreave is. Since he was thirteen, he had been acting as a regent to the country, though no one but his mother and brother- and of course, the royals of Ireland, his dearest acquaintances- know of it. When the clock strikes midnight on his nineteenth birthday, he finds himself thrown into a world wilder than anyone could ever imagine- one full pf drama, heartbreak, and terror. How will our young Prince bear with these unraveling events, while trying to find a Queen Regent for his country, and someone he can proudly and happily call his wife?