Making It Work (Because We Have To)

Callista is the chosen one, born with the star-mark that signifies her title of Crown Princess of Divitentia. Estranged from her parents as an outcast-turned-princess, she's struggling to truly reconnect with her brothers amidst court politics, her parent's mysterious deaths, and difficult truths. She desperately wants her brothers in her life, but it doesn't seem her past and present will be able to mesh at all. Everett is the golden child, always the favored child, always praised, everything always came easy, But after his parents die, he realizes how alone he truly is. His brother is sick, his parents are dead, and his sister doesn't trust him. He's now on his sister's home turf, and Jasper is adapting much better than he is, Without his parents there to encourage him, he struggles to feel as special as he once did. Why doesn't Callista trust him? When did Jasper surpass him? Why is everything suddenly so hard? Jasper is the classic middle child who wants to be someone on his own merit, a disappointment to his parents with frail health. Between a princess-soon-to-be-queen sister and his naturally good-at-everything brother who charms the pants off everyone he meets, he's struggling to catch up. But how is he supposed to compare with his near-perfect siblings when his own magic isn't developed? Told from Callista's perspective, follow the Atwater siblings as they navigate through their past, present, and future, while also trying to navigate their healing relationship.