Strange couple asks the help of the magic-artifact maker Eva Kurakina—a witch and an ordinary mortal. Their son, Nikola, has disappeared. He was young and hadn’t chosen his magical caste yet—that is, he was an Uninitiated Chosen one.
In the photograph brought by the upset parents, Eva with surprise recognizes a vampire—one who recently had tried unsuccessfully to break into her house and looked simply awful. It turns out that in such a short time he hadn’t only been initiated, but also became High—which is almost impossible! Now Eva has to figure out: who, how, and—most importantly—with what purpose is playing with people’s lives?