After losing her fiancé in the war, a noblewoman is suddenly declared a “damaged” woman who cannot bear children and is forced into a political marriage with a feared grand duke. Hoping to protect her family, she accepts her fate, only to find that her new husband already has three children who want nothing to do with her and will do anything to drive her away. As she struggles through rejection, grief, and misunderstanding, the distance between them begins to slowly close. But while they learn what it means to become a family, hidden truths behind the marriage threaten to change everything.