Teresa Mendoza receives a call that her husband has been killed. Seeing her life in danger, Teresa begins a frantic flight to save herself. She asks for help from Epifanio Vargas, the kingpin of the Culiacan cartel, who tells her to go to Spain to try to hide. She landed in Melilla, where she started working as a waitress in a hostess club. There she meets Santiago Fisterra, a man who will change her life forever.