Some women are given as sacrifices . Valentina Reyes was given as one, but she decides to become a queen instead. Valentina Reyes has spent her entire life being overlooked despite being the daughter of the cartel lord, Cèsar Reyes. Since the death of her mother Elena, she has existed only in the margins of her own home, tolerated by a father hallowed out by grief and overshadowed by her manipulative stepmother, Marisol Fuentes, whose smile never reaches her eyes. When Cesar arranges a political marriage with Rafael Cordero, the most feared cartel in  Puerto Rico, Reneta, Valentina's stepsister is supposed to be the bride. But Marisol refuses to sacrifice her own daughter after spending years building an empire of lies . With one carefully orchestrated scandal, she shifts the arrangement onto Valentina, who is dressed in white and sent to Rafael's doorstep instead. Rafael is everything the rumours promised: cold, commanding, ruthless and devastatingly attractive. He views the marriage as nothing more than a deal and makes no effort to pretend otherwise . Valentina is not pretending either. Behind her quiet exterior, she begins unraveling a secret buried for long . As she searches for answers, Valentina discovers that her mother never betrayed Cesar. Elena died trying to save him and was murdered by Marisol, the very woman who now seats at Cesar's table, pours his wine, and whispers in his ears. The deeper Valentina digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. At the same time, Rafael finds himself undone by the one woman he cannot read, ignore or intimidate. The walls between them begin to fall and an unexpected connection grows. When Marisol discovers that her carefully constructed world is cracking,she becomes determined to protect it at any cost, even if it means destroying Valentina forever, for good.