Three high school friends visit a fortuneteller. There's Karen Hattingh, from a well-off family; Dina, whose father works for the railways; and Maryna du Plessis, whose father is their unreasonably strict maths teacher. The fortuneteller warns Dina and Karen of the "dark woman" who will bring sorrow to their lives. When it's Maryna's turn to see her, the seer recognises the young girl as the very same "dark woman" and tells Maryna that her life will be full of misfortune and tragedy. The prophecy upsets Karen a great deall
Maryna's father refuses to accept her relationship with Werner, who is Dina's twin brother. His nastiness towards Werner turns into an ugly fight.
Werner, who has been suspended and not allowed to go to the matric farewell, arrives on his motorbike. Dirk du Plessis sets off after him, and Werner crashes his bike.
It's a few years later. Dekker gets involved with an illegal car trade. Dina discovers Maryna's poems and Antie Dot takes it to the publishers.
Maryna's father is upset about the content of her poems.
Maryna realises who her mother is.
Theuns acts horribly after Maryna's refusal, and things don't look good for Maryna and Neil.
Neil delivers his first speech in parliament, but suspects that something's not quite right with Dressler.
Things between Neil, Maryna and Karen reach boiling point. Maryna and her father make the front page.
Maryna visits the fortuneteller again. She sees black in Maryna's future.
Dressler is worried about the newspaper's investigations.
Neil loses faith in Dressler, and another man in Maryna's life commits suicide.
Neil and Maryna have been blissfully married for three years - but the foretuneteller's words still have to claim its last victim. Maryna's father is released and moves in with them. Neil goes to Cape Town, where Karen tries to seduce him. She doesn't succeed, but manages to plant fake evidence of an "affair" between her and Neil in his luggage.
Finale. Dressler tries one more time to threaten Neil, but he refuses to give in. Maryna confronts Karen, who finally gets her revenge on Maryna and Neil.