Jonathan is the head of the Caponero mafia family, responsible for managing his siblings and coping with the loss of his younger sister, Dinah, who was kidnapped and murdered by a rival clan. He challenges patriarchal norms by supporting his sister's marriage to a woman.
When he marries Sibilla Varese in an arranged marriage, he must face old and new enemies brought by his late father-in-law. Sibilla, young and beautiful, provokes Jonathan and seeks freedom from the darkness of the mafia.