Akeelah is a survivor of a genocide. She watched her family die in front of her by the hands of the King that swore to protect them. She has spent her whole life trying to avoid the royal family and the trauma that is attached to them. It wasn't until her fate was decided for her and she was thrown into the life of the royals, the people she's avoided her whole life, where she's exposed to all of the terrors and secrets they choose to hide. Her life was ultimately turned upside down when she finds out that she was given the fate that another desired and that she might have to pay the price with her life.