The heir to a noble family, Alexander McDowell, will forever remember the day when his mother brought the orphan Caroline to their mansion: a tiny blue-eyed girl who looked at the world with some kind of childish humility. They grew up together, but they were separated by an abyss. Alex always knew deep down that neither of them were ever truly part of this family. As a teenager, he ran away from home to uncover the secret of his birth, and disappeared for almost twenty years. But now the time has come to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother, and Alexander returns to the family nest...