I really wanted to stick with a simple story but it seems a bit more plot slipped in and now I feel a bit in over my head so let's reflect on where I'm at. Niko pretends to be a princess, Calista after her mother, in order to win the prince's heart and slowly steal from him what she does not anticipate is a proposal but she cannot accept morally because if it all built on a lie so she plans to take what she can and leave in a week's time to save her family. Then she plans to move her family and start a life somewhere new. But she ends up slowly falling for the prince and what's worse a mystery is unfolding in the castle that had a possessed girl stab the king. I know now the knife was meant for Mathis but why? Also, it is clear that magic is involved which both Niko and Mathis recognize because their mother's were always shroud in similar magic. What they don't know was that they were friends and responsible for magically fertilizing the lands but they grew to weak and both passed away from this usage. Now, five years later, the kingdom is on the brink of falling with poor harvests and a city where men sell the unfortunate in to slavery and pass off pieces of their art as there own. What is the connection to the magic though and why would the king get stabbed, unless it's! Oh I feel something! UNLESS, this is all because the land was feeding off of magic but because this stopped instead of staying even it fell into disrepair and created a sort of void so that anyone with dark intentions would be influenced to do it, as if possessed, like the princesses jealousy, the blacksmith's lies and the debt collector's greed. Any negative emotions are emphasized and acted upon. So the solution to this is Niko has to somehow figure out that this is the problem and recognize that she has the inherited strength to be guardian of the land which is the perfect thing to be if she is to be queen and continue prosperity for the kingdom. Just got sort out how she will do this and how she will save her father and brother who are sold off before the deadline... How do you fight an evil that is just a presence and not an actual being?