Following his father's death, William went to live with his mother and was forced to see his arch‑rival stepbrother every day. Worse still, their secrets were exposed to each other on the very first day of living together. The newly‑arrived William soon became his stepbrother's plaything. Not only was he blackmailed by the latter, but they also got caught up in a cat‑and‑mouse game of chase and evasion.