After risking her life to protect Prince Carlos, Princess Eloise is left poisoned, altered, and betrayed when her sister Selena claims the heroic deed as her own. Carlos offers Eloise a loveless marriage, intending to use her as Selena's shield. Refusing to be sacrificed, Eloise takes another groom instead: Altan, Varga's dreaded ruler. When a cure reveals her former radiance at the altar, Carlos discovers far too late who truly saved him.
