Three years after the Crown Prince fell, Charlotte, a palace servant, is ordered to throw stones into an abandoned well each day. She finds a man alive at the bottom. Moved by pity, she secretly helps him. As royal consorts scheme and factions clash, Charlotte uses her wits to clear her family's name and uncover a deadly conspiracy buried inside the court. In the end, she rises from outcast to become Her Majesty, ruling the Kingdom of Albion by the Crown Prince's side.
