There is a love so strong that it transcends distance and time. When Salome Cotton and Oliver Burnham meet as children, a deep and abiding friendship forms between them. With all the hopes and dreams of childhood, the two have no idea what forces of evil are working against their destinies. A series of fateful twists and turns bring Salome to the house of the Winchesters. The darkness of the house is apparent in their ill-treatment of their servants, but when a helpless man is discovered hidden in a dungeon below the house, a fearful history unfolds. Who is the hidden man? And how does his story connect with the Cotton girl and her search for the one she loves?