The Star River Cannot Be Crossed

On a stormy night, elven noble Selene Amastacia pushes her daughter Stella into a river to escape bounty hunters, while she is captured and sold to a vampire. After a decade of torture leaving her disfigured and broken, Selene escapes. Unaware of her identity, Stella—now a spoiled noble—cruelly bullies the beggar-like Selene, even after her grandmother takes her in. Yet Selene instinctively protects her daughter.