Ndina is the Chief's only daughter and her life is happy and simple until she meets Heita. An andowa. A mythical,sexual being which preys on young innocent girls and kills them after it has taken their purity. However for centuries the andowas have been but a tale until one morning the village wakes up to a young beautiful woman drained of all her blood. Ndina than meets a young man called Heita who is an an andowa. Her curiosity about Heita leads her to fall deeper and deeper in love with this mythical creature, committing the ultimate taboo and fulfilling an ancient prophesy.