In the Dominican Republic, thirteen-year-old Annabel and fourteen-year-old Cristian know they love one another. The best friends, who come from very different households, deny their love out of fear that their parents will keep them apart. But its not their families they need to worry about. Evil forces are at work in the village of Enrriquillo, searching for souls to claim for the devil.

Cristians father continually lusts for money, going so far as to make a pact with the devil to get it. He soon wins the lottery and becomes very wealthy, but the price becomes painfully apparent when, one by one, his children start dying strange deaths. Annabels mother, perceiving something is wrong with Cristians family, takes her daughter and flees, moving to the city for her daughters safety.

Twelve years later, Annabel finally discovers the truth about Cristians tragic past. Relying on her unshakable faith in God and the power of love, Annabel returns to Enrriquillo against her mothers wishes to confront Cristians unloving fatherand challenge the devil to save her beloveds soul.