Fate did not spare the Earl of Dornoch. He, who lost his sight in the prime of his life, is forced to fulfill his family duty - to become the head of the proud Scottish clan MacDorn. However, a ray of light in the darkness that enveloped the young count was the arrival from England of young Vara McDorn - a girl who brightened up his days of loneliness for him, who loved him with all the strength of her soul, was ready to do anything to heal her lover, and was not afraid to risk her own life in the name of his salvation...