**Never again would she dance on the stage** Birdie 's career as a ballerina was over, ruined by a fluke accident. Reeling from shock, she lets sympathetic friends lure her to the island of Menorca to rest and heal herself. It was there she meets Vulcan, the Conde, who is the antithesis of all she knew a--and would not not let her retreat into herself. He was overbearing and manipulative; and offers her the role of a companion to his ward to teach her balle and takes her to his castle . When he asks "of what are you afraid senorita", Birdie knew he could wreak more havoc in her life....