Sometimes a journey begins where you absolutely didn’t expect it, and the wedding of your best friend almost turns into the funeral of the culprits. Andarion is forgotten, and Yevanika, swapping her crown for a daring archer’s cap, hurries across half of the Russkoe principality to seek advice from her former mentor. But the road that seems easy becomes harder with every step, and more and more often the forest witch faces a difficult choice—whether to live “according to conscience” as a person, or to continue along the path imposed by a чужа корона…