It is the spring of 1893. Free from her father, Roderick's, brutal regime, Anna McIntyre is enjoying her new life as companion to the lovely Lady Pandora. However, when Roderick fails to exact his price for his daughter, he comes to fetch her home. Anna and her brothers only relief comes from a visit to her mother. Roderick, worried about what they may learn, seeks distraction in illicit pleasures, unaware that he is setting the scene for his own downfall.