Adult life has separated the attractive Palas from her younger half-brother, Hector, who lives in London. But a family occasion will reunite them, obliging both to consider why they seem to be condemned either to be completely separated or completely united, because the possibility of a prudent distance does not exist for them. Jo Alexander gives new life to two characters moved by an inconceivable and overwhelming passion, one that, just as in classic mythology, seems to defy the gods. But, will they be able to vanquish the gods of the modern world?