Illegitimate Daughter Aurora Dalton is engaged to Prince Julian Lancaster. After an assassination attempt, the Prince feigns amnesia, favoring Eldest Stepsister Selina Dalton, humiliating Aurora, and forcing her to break the engagement. Aurora plots revenge. Prince Julian uses Selina to seize power, ascends the throne, and punishes Aurora's bullies: Eldest Stepsister, father, brother, half-sister. Julian makes Aurora his Empress, her grievances avenged.
