To save syndicate heir Osvald from an unavoidable assassination plot five years ago, Liora feigned a cruel betrayal and fled into the slums, enduring extreme poverty while raising their secret daughter in isolation. Misled by poisoned lies planted by syndicate traitors, Osvald hunts her down with vengeance in his heart, subjecting Liora to bitter emotional and physical cruelty upon capturing her.
Liora endures his interrogations in silence to protect their child, until her battered body collapses in a pool of blood. When medical tests and recovered surveillance expose her selfless sacrifice and their daughter's royal lineage, Osvald's cold facade disintegrates into inconsolable agony. Dropping to his knees on the hospital floor, the formidable don wages war against time to keep her breathing.
