Betrayal by her fiancé and best friend, a forced return home—and a new blow: in her hometown, Aksinya meets not support but strangers in her house. Her father has moved his mistress there with her family, and there’s no place left for his daughter.
On the day of his death, a strange discovery appears among Aksinya’s belongings—a chess knight adorned with gold and precious stones. She has never seen it before. Where did this figurine come from, and what secret did her father take with him?