Elli was born in the Hive—a sort of “okroshka” of shards of worlds, populated by hordes of the infected, reanimated corpses, and other bloodthirsty creatures. Even in this chaos, there is order. And in one of the most powerful states of the Hive, the Azov Union, a Flowerbed is created—its wards, girls-orchids, exist to please important gentlemen. Elli’s fate is to become the wife of Zen, a monstrous quaze leader of the Western Confederation. But should she submit to fate if she was born for freedom and happiness?