London couple Eve and Gabe move to the north of the country with their daughters in an effort to get over the disappearance of their son a year earlier. They move into Crickley Hall, where it is hoped the change of scenery will give Eve a little comfort. Before long though, strange things begin to happen. Meanwhile, in 1943, Nancy starts work as a tutor at the Crickley Hall orphanage. She soon becomes concerned for their welfare and suspicious about the strange manager Augustus Cribben.

In the present day, Eve gets some new information from Lili about her son Cam and decides to call the police. Gabe makes her way to London to talks to the police, while Eve and the girls are left with Gordon. When a wild storm rages outside, it becomes evident that Cribben's plan to find one final child means everybody's lives are in danger at Crickley Hall. Back in 1943, Percy returns from the war to discover that Nancy has gone and he refuses to believe his mother's claims that Nancy left out of shame, and vows to take up her fight against the orphan abuse at Crickley Hall.