Young Anya always knew that her beloved would be an extraordinary man, unlike the others. And so it happened: she was met and fell in love at first sight by the talented St. Petersburg avant-garde artist Jerome. But immediately after the wedding, the young couple begins to be haunted by misfortunes: Jerome’s father, a famous party artist, dies; The family manor house with masterpieces of world painting burns down. Anya’s husband begins to gradually move away from her, Anna is tormented by doubts - has he really stopped loving her? But the most terrible test lies ahead, when at the opening of the exhibition the corpse of a family friend is discovered, and suspicion falls on Hieronymus. Anna will have sleepless nights - because only now will she understand how close this man is to her, and only she has the power to save him from death and madness...