She became the main prize in the Bride Hunt. Everyone dreams of being in her place. But Countess Viola Luan is at pains to keep her freedom, refusing to follow orders and rejecting a succession of noble suitors. But what to do with someone who does not need a wife at all, but leads his game in the Hunt? And what if two men make the heart freeze? The cold and mysterious Master of the Crossroads, with whom she is connected by the distant past, and the golden-eyed monster with the habits of a predator. Which of them is sincere, and who pursues their own goals? And to sort it out, Letta sets her own traps. Groom traps.