Princess Alexandra of Elazar was raised in a convent. Prince Aurelio of El Pagne is indifferent to women. Though political marriage brings them together, the distance between the two is as wide as ever. Alone and unloved in a new, hostile world, Alexandra is determined to survive. She knows better than to hope that a marriage of convenience would turn into something more, but as she makes a place for herself in court, a faint spark grows between two solitary souls...