"All I wanted was to embrace him, to synchronize his heartbeat with mine, to taste his lips even if my breath would vanish forever in them afterwards. But I couldn't do it. So all I did was look at him and let my gaze whisper to him the "I love you" that I couldn't pronounce. And I did it. With all the strength of my soul..."

Kastoria, early 20th century. Rosa, the daughter of fur merchant Evangelos Maltezos, who lives with her family in a beautiful mansion by the lake, is waiting for her beloved cousin, Melissanthe, to spend the summer holidays together. But fate writes its own story. And silently plans everything, moving the threads cautiously.

In 2010, Niobe, a historical fiction writer, inherits a mansion in Kastoria. Trapped in a world without inspiration and annoyed by a bad review of her books by her new publishing partner, she decides to have some people renovate it and stay there for a while, so she can prove her worth by writing.

However, she doesn't know that the mansion hides a terrible story and a tremendous secret that will change her life forever. A diary in an attic. A hidden and forbidden love. An unexpected ending.