As winter whips to a crescendo, the year├в┬А┬Щs most anticipated celebration is nigh! In the midst of the season, Eli finds her own intelligence being weaponized against her. There├в┬А┬Щs a traitor near, and they├в┬А┬Щre leaking Eli├в┬А┬Щs private words to her political opponents. Furthermore, the queen reveals some of the darker aspects of wearing a crown├в┬А┬Фincluding the prospect of a harem?! Is Eli really prepared to take her seat beside the crown prince? Or will the ├в┬А┬ЬAshen Nightmare├в┬А┬Э cut the year short?