1620 The Hayworth family ekes out a miserable existence in a squalid shack near a fishing village. The eldest daughter Sarah has already received the devil's mark and knows that she is destined to repeat the fate of her witch mother. And it is impossible to refuse the powers given to her. All Sarah wants is to protect her little sister from a similar fate. When Sarah meets Daniel, the quiet, lonely son of a farmer, hope for a new life arises in her soul. But after the appointment of a new magistrate, the villagers turn their attention to the Hayworth family, and Daniel wonders whether the feeling that Sarah awakens in him is genuine, or is it just witchcraft?