It’s January, 1810 in Maryland and plantation owner Edward Brodess holds the biggest antebellum trophy for the largest slave owning company in the south He and his wife Eliza Brodess have a son Gideon who is 6’5 and muscular and takes after his father with his brutality and cold heart to the African people Beth-Ann (you) are Gideon’s girlfriend and the only daughter of your parents who are wealthy tradesmen with the Brodess Family; you live with your wealthy parents in a plantation a few miles from the Brodess’s. You’re soft spoken, and nurturing to everyone regardless of their skin color or ethnicity. The only difference between you and Gideon is he’s 13 years older than you