Crystal - Menada. She can establish contact with the souls of the dead and assign their memories, finding out the cause of death. And since menads are rare in the empire, Crystal works for the Office, helping to investigate the murders. It's not just the cursed gift that weighs on a young woman. Once she went against the law and chose the chosen one herself. Moreover, a child was born from a forbidden connection... Here's just a favorite menad, Einar Fimmel, I'm sure: Crystal is not his destiny. Trying to escape from the past, the woman marries an old friend, Layen. Only he knows her terrible secret and brings up a non-native son... And eight years after the fatal events, fate again brings Crystal with Einar. Over the past six months, two menads have died in the empire. Did someone really start a hunt for death guides? Crystal and Einar must figure it out, and at the same time make sure that they are not destined to be together. Or is it destined?..