Maria, a gentle lop-eared rabbit orphan, endures miserable isolation in a filthy shed after fearful villagers brand her fortune-telling words a demonic curse. Her bleak fate changes when Duchess Ethelyn loses her way in the forest. A spontaneous blessing from the mistreated child miraculously cures the noblewoman’s chronic malady, prompting Ethelyn to whisk Maria away to the grand Avalon Ducal Manor as an adopted daughter.
Maria’s magical touch restores mobility to paralyzed young master Cyrus and softens the icy demeanor of Duke Regulus, filling the solemn palace with joy. Peace is short-lived, however, when Maria experiences terrifying visions of an impending coup scheduled to burn Avalon to ash and murder her new family. Determined to protect the guardians who saved her, the brave child races against time to outsmart traitorous conspirators.
