To cover for her runaway sister, Maeve Sutton, Wren Sutton married Rhodes. For seven years, she devoted her heart to him, only to find she was merely a stand-in. When her sister returns, Rhodes blatantly favors her, casting Wren's love aside. Gravely ill, Wren watches her husband dote on her sister, and her heart dies. On the very day he is to marry Maeve, Wren succumbs to her illness in the courtyard, using her death to ensure her sister can never truly claim victory.