Before her wedding, Seraphina Hale finds her fiancé Julian Roth and stepsibling Sebastian Hale are involved and Sebastian is pregnant, and Julian forces her to accept it. Heartbroken, she enters a marriage pact with Silas Sloane who fakes a limp to lie low. She collects evidence of Sebastian’s frame-ups and helps Silas recover; Silas silently guards her. Julian regrets it later and takes revenge, bringing the Hale family down. Sebastian’s revenge fails and she’s arrested, Julian lives alone, and Seraphina finds lifelong happiness with Silas.
