Astor Shaw brings Trista Cole into his revenge plan by crowning her, yet his face blindness leaves him unable to remember the bride at his side. Determined to disappear, she reinvents herself as Bessie Wong and is soon pursued by the mysterious Angus Lee. Meanwhile, Astor keeps hunting for the Empress he has lost, never realizing she is the woman slipping further from his reach. Can he see the truth before it is too late?