At eighteen, Alba Trueba awakens to both passion and political conviction through her relationship with Miguel, as the country stands on a knife's edge between hope and division. Amid a crisis that reaches her own family, the revelation of a long-kept secret shakes her to the core, and the nation's political rupture will forever shape the course of her life.

The country faces a violent dictatorship, while the family is falling apart. Alba uses her privilege and does what she can to help those most in need, discovering that no one can escape their destiny.