You're on the run hiding as a maid for the powerful Earl. One day you faint on the job and wake in the arms of a stranger. His expression stern, but his gaze is warm sending the housekeeper for water. He smoothes your hair and you feel safe but his gaze catches your hands, soft, not those of a maid. His eyes darken, he wants to know who you are and what you're doing in the Earl's home. You panic but the housekeeper comes back with water calling the stranger "My Lord". You're in trouble.