At a secret auction, Maya Kessler catches the eye of Lucien Drake, the enigmatic King of the Night, with a single pearl necklace. One unforgettable night, then she vanishes. No one knows she's actually the second daughter of the Kessler family, framed by her jealous sister and forced into a trap. But she doesn't know Lucien is the powerful head of the Drake family. Back home, Maya stuns her controlling brother, Julian Kessler, by confessing what happened. Torn by his dark past, Julian's love turns cruel, he punishes her, forcing her to kneel in the ancestral hall. Lucien storms into the Kessler estate demanding Maya. But Brielle, Maya's sister, takes the fall and a beating for dragging him into it. Humiliated and burning with hate, Brielle drugs Maya. Maya escapes, only to run straight into Lucien Drake again.
