Seneca Albina, a knight born as the illegitimate child of a prestigious warrior family, was abandoned at birth. With the help of a benefactor, he rose to a high position, but lost everything in the face of false testimony and slander. In his despair, the old benefactor, Irina Romanova, appears before Seneca. What she offers upon their reunion after two years is, "I've come to kidnap you." It was a collar. "And to confine you as well."