The country Elite has always been protected by a powerful benevolent Queen in a different dimension called the Queen's Court. From the Court, she overlooks Elite and protects the people from powers they can't fight. She does not do this alone: the Queen has made nine precious jewels into sentient beings, her Consuls. These nine consuls help her with her duties. However, she does not know that some of her power has seeped into Elite and created nine more sentient stones in the form of baby girls. These girls have grown up and found each other and now, rejected by Elite and believing the Queen owes them a home, they have infiltrated the Court.
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