Two swallow pendants were made by Cartier’s masters for Mikhailo Dobronravov’s daughters. Only one brought luck, and the other—doom. The merchant millions burned in the flames of revolution, but the swallows remained: they continue to pass from hand to hand—granting some gifts for love, and punishing others for greed… The golden pendant was given to Sophia by her mother, but she doesn’t believe in miracles. And to the villa “White Horse” she goes not in search of love, but in an attempt to change her life in any way she can.
The changes didn’t take long. Against her will, Sophia ends up in a criminal story. Witnesses to a murder that happened many years ago gather under one roof to find out who is really to blame. What connects Sophia with the dead Anna? Nothing—except distant kinship, and the second swallow, now in the hands of the owner of the villa…