Summary
A gilded orphan is flung from marble corridors into a cathedral of pines where moonlight drips like quicksilver; her silk shoes snag on brambles until a copper-skinned chieftain—equal parts satyr and sentinel—claims her with the casual tyranny of a demigod. Yet the forest keeps its own counsel: a russet-haired huntress, heart afire with jealous ardor, slices the bonds of captivity, and the girl flees, only to collide with her urbane cousin whose love arrives as swiftly and absurdly as a stock-market windfall. The chieftain, scenting betrayal on the wind, drags her back to his twilight kingdom where embers halo her limbs as she dances—an epiphany of sinew and grace that turns brigands into acolytes. Urban neon eventually swallows her; under the alias Moner Moyer she transmutes trauma into arabesques, ascending glittering staircases of fame while her cousin proffers diamonds the color of hospital light. Still, drumbeats of pine sap and woodsmoke haunt her backstage mirrors until she abandons footlights for fog, choosing the odyssey of desire over the algorithm of wealth, pirouetting into the dark arms of the outlaw who once snared her soul.
Synopsis
Innocent, after being cast off by her wealthy uncle, wanders into the forest and is found by Andre, the guiding force of a roving band. The man takes her prisoner against her will, but she is liberated by Rosella, who loves Andre herself. In escaping, Innocent meets Standish Driscoll, son of her wealthy uncle, who immediately falls in love with her. But Andre overtakes her and brings her back to the camp. It is there that she gives the first evidence of her marvelous dancing abilities. Another escape brings Innocent to the city. There she cultivates her talents and soon, under the name of Moner Moyer, she achieves fame. Standish Driscoll still loves her and wants to marry her, but the girl finally realizes that she loves the big gypsy of the forests. So she forsakes her career and returns to the hills.
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