Once upon a time, Lord Gabriel Kenyon, unwittingly, betrayed and deceived young Kate Talisford, but now fate has forced him to PROTECT this girl - if necessary, at the cost of his own life! However, Kate, who has not the slightest reason to believe Gabriel, is full determination to fight the offender until the last breath - and does not want to recognize in him either a friend, or a protector, or a LOVED, destined for her by fate!..