Ines is trapped in the cold, silent halls of the Grand Duchy of Eleanor, bound to a marriage of duty, not love. With every passing day, her health fades and the whispers of the court grow louder, each one reminding her of her outsider status. But even as isolation closes in, a quiet strength rises within her, a determination to endure despite the suffocating despair.

Ryan, consumed by ambition and blind to his wife's suffering, is too wrapped in the politics to see the cracks in their marriage. Ines's discovery of his betrayals stings, yet it is the news of a new pregnancy that shatters what little peace remains.