Ophelia is forced into the Arpad nobility when her mother remarries, but tragedy strikes when her mother and stepfather die in a carriage accident. Alexander, her stepbrother, convinces her to remain in the Arpad household for three years. However, Ophelia's life takes a dramatic turn when an investigator reveals that the deaths of the Duke and Duchess of Arpad were not accidents, but intentional murders that took place three years prior.