Diana's stepfather announces he has sold her to the feared Lord Rudy as a bride to profit the family, despite her being unable to use magic. She refuses, horrified, calling Rudy a monster. Her stepfather blackmails her, threatening to withhold the money keeping her sick mother alive. Forced to protect her mother, Diana reluctantly agrees to the arrangement. She later encounters a man who turns out to be Rudy himself. When her stepfather demands she obey, Diana defiantly resists being treated as property. Rudy intervenes, claiming Diana as his own and forbidding anyone else from touching her, leaving her to face a dreaded wedding.