Renato Fabiani was a tough and ruthless man who didn't let anyone or anything stand in his way. In order to become the most powerful lord of Genoa, he had to marry his sister to Prince Balzarini. However, Teresa falls madly in love with Leontio, a slave from Chios, and refuses to become her brother's puppet. His revenge will be harsh on the two young lovers. The dilemma is great, but their love is even greater, demanding the ultimate sacrifice... However, life never leaves injustice unpunished...
Nikiforos from distant Tavrida decides to go to Constantinople to discover his roots. However, the Mongol invasions bring him captive to the slave markets of the City. The desire for freedom leads him to Chios, where he will enter the service of the Genoese governor. There he meets the love he always sought, a love like the one he heard in legends, but he was doomed because he was a slave and she was the master's daughter. The only way out is to escape. However, the plague that strikes the island shatters their dreams... And the revelation begins...

A story that unfolds in the enchanting Chios, around the Castle and the Borgo, with the scents of another era, when love had to rise and conquer the symbol of power and submission.