Avaleigh Blyth Salazar Escalante grew up surrounded not by love, but by cruelty. Orphaned at a young age and taken in by her mother’s only sister. Behind closed doors, Avaleigh was treated like a prisoner, starved, locked away, and punished for things she can't do anything about. Until one fateful day, a stranger admired her art works. Zane Alistair Ramirez Lacuesta stepped in to a room where Avaleigh was locked in to paint her sister's wedding portrait. Looking at the man’s elegant posture, his quiet authority, and the way the world seemed to bend around him, she made a choice. She wanted someone to take her away from that evil darkness. Will Zane take her? What if from wanting to escape the darkness caused her being trapped on one wrapped in luxury, secrets, and love?