Demia Lawrence, the daughter of a fallen baron, secretly marries her childhood friend Dyrtehen Romerby. But contrary to her expectations, her married life is filled with abuse from her mother-in-law and her husband has been away in the capital for 5 years already. Discovering her mother-in-law's plot to assassinate her, Demia flees and arrives as the house of her childhood friend, Evan Hasworth. But Evan, once a sweet boy, has grown to be a mature man seemingly hostile to her for reasons unknown… Will Demia successfully escape the claws of Romerby and resolve the misunderstandings with Evan?