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Set in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the story unfolds across the grand estates of two families whose fortunes and influence have been built over generations. The Fontaines and the Hadleys are bound by history, business, and carefully maintained appearances, yet rivalry and hierarchy shape every interaction within and between their households.
The world they inhabit is one of polished floors, sunlit gardens, and shadowed corridors; a world in which wealth and lineage dictate worth, and social expectation weighs heavier than desire. Each family moves within its own rhythm, defined by tradition, discipline, and the inheritance of power, while the larger world edges toward war, shifting both perception and opportunity.
Through the gaze of the younger generation, the story captures the tension of inherited expectation and the fragility of relationships shaped by legacy. It is a tale of households governed by hierarchy, of children raised to respect, observe, and measure, and of a society poised on the brink of upheaval. The aesthetic is slow, intimate, and precise: sun-drenched afternoons, stormy evenings, quiet corners where glances carry meaning, and every gesture, every word, is laden with consequence.