Elena, a wealthy merchant's daughter, spent her entire fortune to buy her husband Julian a baron title, only to endure his brutal abuse. To marry the Empire's Princess, Julian and his wicked mother conspire to frame Elena for adultery at the Holy Court and banish her to hard labor. To survive and seek revenge, Elena sets her sights on Julian's godfather—Duke Alistair, the most powerful man in the empire and Commander of the Knights Templar. Offering herself as the ultimate prize, she engages in a dangerous, taboo game of seduction with the cold-blooded Duke. Just as her mother-in-law drugs her and locks her in a room with a filthy beggar, with Julian and the Princess arriving to bust the door open and ruin her reputation, will the ruthless Godfather descend in time to save her...?