While Miltos fights for Greece, Iphigenia continues her action in favor of the Greek Army. Threats of Turks against their families in Pontus are now being dealt with. Nikolaidis is being questioned by his old friend and neighbor, Kartal, who is acting minister of the New Turkish government. Sophia, in a desperate attempt to seek Kartal's word, confronts his inhumane cruelty. In the Amisos, Osman intensifies his threats to the Pavlidis family, preying on and beating Themis and George. On the battlefield, Miltos loses his friend Lefteris, but the game of fate does not stop there. Life and war will confront him with his brother Kerem.
May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.
