The daughter of the Duke of Romsey, the lovely Rosamund, rejected the heir to the throne, but fell in love with a fugitive criminal who kidnapped her as a hostage during an escape from prison. However, Richard Maitland, the former chief of the Special Department, does not look like an ordinary killer, his steely gaze, pride, courage - everything attracts Rosamund in him. The more she gets to know him, the more she becomes determined to prove her lover’s innocence. And she will not back down from her decision, even knowing that she is in mortal danger.