In this dark, gothic revenge romance drama of vengeance and torturous love, Aurora, the true heir to Crowe Manor, is imprisoned in the name of protection by her younger brother Lucian, a paranoid man in power, due to childhood traumas. However, Eva, Lucian’s vicious fiancée, who harbors a misunderstanding of Aurora’s identity, subjects her to inhumane abuses such as crushing her hand in a book press, disfiguring her with a branding iron, and even sells her to a lunatic asylum. When Lucian, in a towering rage, launches a ruthless reckoning, breaks Eva’s wrist, and reveals Aurora’s noble identity, the two are torn apart by their "suffocating love". In the desperate situation of a family feud and a mine collapse, Lucian ultimately chooses to sacrifice his life to achieve the ultimate redemption for Aurora, while Aurora, covered in scars, walks alone into the depths of the wilderness toward true freedom.
