Alka has red, curly hair and a freckled nose, and her temperament is calm. She’s a witch, but disappointments in her personal life made her step away from magic. She works at a publishing house, leads a predictable, bustling life in the capital that seems perfectly happy to her. However, when Kostyan appears, leaving behind a bloody trail, Alka returns to her native places of Krasnolesye, where roads are bordered with cornflowers and the earth keeps memories of old times. She runs from one danger and finds herself in another—but it seems she’s ready to risk it and burn in this new blaze.