Celeste is an orphan princess who suffers abuse and lives in poverty. She receives a marriage proposal that appears to be her salvation, but is actually the beginning of her tragedy. Between the two men who compete for her love and her body, there is a terrible secret: one of them is the mad emperor who fled the throne and hides under a false identity. He treats her like a prey without feelings, but at the same time he feels obsessed with her. Celeste finds herself caught in a dangerous game of passion and power, where nothing is as it seems.