Clara's stepmother Francisca who had her mother killed and married her father, now plans to murder her husband. When Clara tries to tell the family, she is asked to leave the house. Francisca will now go after her one true love, Manel.

Out of love for her brothers, Clara will have to face Francisca, her stepmother, and sacrifice the love of her life. Francisca always wanted the life and fortune that her half-sister, Laura, had. She ordered her killing, married her husband, and adopted the younger stepdaughters. Now she plans to kill her husband, but Clara, Laura's eldest daughter, finds out and tries to tell her family. No one believes Clara, and her father ends up driving her and his son, Afonso, out of the house. Now Francisca will seek revenge and go after her one true love, Manel.