Elissa is an indigo who has lived for more than one decade—lonely and self-sufficient. The only person she truly values is her longtime friend, Melinda, also an indigo. But Melinda falls in love like a schoolgirl with a handsome alien, becomes pregnant by him—despite the fact that this is considered impossible—and now she faces death. Melinda’s lover’s brother, Reigard, offers Elissa a deal. Will they manage to find a common language, understand each other, and preserve mutual understanding in the society of the arrogant aristocracy of Melnaria, for whom any relationship with a “groundling” is a terrible mésalliance?