 Arcángel can t sleep. His wife leaves him. Arcangel gets a message from his brother telling that their father is very sick. Arcangel and his son travel to hometown, the familiy house looks abandoned, only Isabel, a misterious old woman, is there. His father and brother are dead for so many years. "The french came and bruoght the gun and the coyote took away the sleepiness". Tranquilino, the grand grand father looked at the eyes of the coyote, since then the horror of a crime and the hell of being unable to sleep will chase them. Teresa is pregnant. Arcangel knows that a curse is coming. "It s said that only love can save them from disgrace, but that s crap. Love doesn t exist."