From early childhood, Alex Weston, Earl of Cardiff, was an idol, dream and only love for young Laura Blake. However, the girl did not even dare to hope for the reciprocity of a person who considered her just a child.

Years passed and Alex, brutally crippled on the battlefield, returned to his native estate to henceforth live there as a hermit. Now only Laura, for whom her lover remains the most beautiful man in the world, is able to snatch him from the black abyss of despair and again give him the bliss of happiness...