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In the medieval village of Beacon Hills, 16-year-old Ashley Delaney Hale lives a simple life with her father in a small cottage. Her father is a hardworking woodmaker, while Ashley spends her days serving their household, cooking, cleaning, and helping provide for them. Everything changes when Ashley travels into the village one afternoon with a basket of food and unknowingly catches the attention of the royal family. King Scott McCall-Argent, Queen Allison McCall-Argent, and their 17-year-old son, Prince Brett McCall-Argent, are searching for a family to help care for their magnificent castle. Impressed by Ashley’s kindness and hardworking nature, the King and Queen visit her cottage and offer Ashley and her father positions within the royal household. Ashley believes she has been given an incredible opportunity. But the castle holds secrets. Strange things have begun happening throughout Beacon Hills. Shadows move through the village at night, people disappear, and whispers of something supernatural lurking around the royal castle grow louder. Ashley also catches the attention of people who don’t have good intentions. Theo Raken and Gabe become increasingly obsessed with the young servant girl, deliberately causing trouble and blaming Ashley for their actions. As their behavior becomes more threatening, Ashley finds herself being watched and cornered within the very castle where she was supposed to be safe. But Prince Brett refuses to let anyone hurt her. As Brett begins protecting Ashley and uncovering the truth behind the strange events, the two form an unexpected bond. Meanwhile, Princess Tracy Stewart, Brett’s close friend, makes it clear that she doesn’t believe a common servant belongs anywhere near the royal family. Caught between royal expectations, dangerous secrets, and people determined to control her, Ashley begins to realize that her arrival at the castle may not have been an accident. Because the smallest and most overlooked servant in Beac