Nineteen-year-old ballet prodigy Eli, used by his adoptive parents as a debt-repayment tool, is forced into an engagement with gang heir Gia—only to catch her cheating with his adoptive brother Nate on the eve of the ceremony. Desperate, he flees into the rain and marries New York's most dangerous mafia godfather, Victor—who turns out to be Gia's adoptive father. From being sheltered to learning to fight back, Eli ultimately discovers he is a forgotten royal heir.
