Chilichonse choipa chimachitika usiku. Kufa kumapeza nthawi komanso danga labwino kwambiri pakati pa chiaroscuro cha mwezi.
Ngati tiwonjezera chimphepo champhamvu chomwe chimasiyanitsa sukulu yaku boarding yaku France, timatha kupanga mapangidwe abwino amisili amakono monga Guillaume Musso (chaka chimodzi chocheperako kuposa Mfalansa wina wamkulu waku Noir, Franck thilliez) amatitsogolera mu buku losokoneza lomwe titha kuyembekezerapo chilichonse, kutengera mbiri ya wolemba yemwe posachedwa amadzaza ziwembu zake zauzimu kapena amatsitsa chibwenzi chomwe chimachepetsa kulemera kwachisoni komanso chovuta.
Nthawi ino zonse zimachitika ndikumverera kwa claustrophobia kuyambira 1992 mpaka pano. M'mbuyomu timakumana ndi a Vinca achichepere, achichepere achimwemwe omwe amatha kulingalira za moyo ali ndi chiyembekezo chotsimikizika pazomwe zakhala zikuyendetsedwa mwachikondi mu malingaliro ake abwino kwambiri. Umu ndi momwe, chifukwa cha chizolowezi chakupha chikhulupiriro chonse mchikondi, Vinca wosauka amasowa mdziko lomwelo pakati pa mdima ndi namondwe wamkulu.
Kubwerera lero, tikupezeka ku French Riviera, komwe ophunzira achichepere omwe amaphunzira kusukulu amasonkhana kuti akondwerere chikondwerero cha siliva cha maphunziro awo pamalowo. Timabwezeretsanso anzathu a Thomas, a Maxime ndi a Fanny, onse omwe ndi a Vinca ndipo adazolowera moyo wawo womwewo, adagwedezeka ndikumapuma kwakanthawi komwe kumabisa mdima kuti athe kupitiliza kukhala ndi moyo.
M'zaka 25 izi, zochepa zasintha m'sukulu yotsogola yotchuka ya achinyamata olemera, kupatula zina zowonjezera zomwe zimawawonetsa mwadzidzidzi zabodza lake. Masewera olimbitsa thupi akukonzekera kuti awonongeke, ndikupangira nyumba yatsopano yomwe imapereka ntchito yabwino ku bungweli.
Kupatula kuti makoma amenewo akumangirira china choposa bwalo lochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi lokha ndi anzawo atatuwa posachedwa akuyenera kuzindikira kuti chowonadi cha lingaliro lawo lamdima ndikanthawi kochepa kuti chiwululidwe. Ndipo ndipamene Thomas, Maxime ndi Fanny akuyenera kubwerera m'mbuyomu kuti athane ndi mantha komanso kudziimba mlandu.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la The Footprint of the Night, buku latsopano la Guillaume Musso, apa: