The tale of Princess Ines is a tragic one. Born a royal of the Zener Empire, she is reviled and neglected as a child born out of wedlock. To compound her misfortune, Ines is married off to Grand Duke Ryan of Eleanor, a renowned war hero of the Lezan Empire who fought against Zener. Ryan proves a stern and distant husband to Ines, and she soon determines that she must fight for a life of dignity – if not in Eleanor, then elsewhere. Thus begins a marriage of emotional reserve and regrets…