When lawyer Octavia returns home, she’s ambushed by her neighbor Isolde, who waves banners and tearfully accuses Octavia’s son Alaric of assaulting her daughter Fiona. In an instant, Octavia is thrust into a public storm of blame. Calm under pressure, she asks her son to step forward—triggering shock and chaos. As rumors spiral out of control, Octavia realizes this is no ordinary neighborhood dispute, but a carefully laid trap, with her as the intended target. While seeming to play along, she quietly sets a far bigger game in motion.
