June Elbas is fourteen years old and living her dreams. Her home is a medieval castle, but not an American cottage, her friends are heroes of ancient fairy tales and legends, her future is in the past. It is not surprising that she finds a common language only with her uncle, the talented artist Finn Weiss, who devoted himself to creativity and flatly refused fame. But very soon he will leave her life, leaving only a portrait of June and her sister as a keepsake. What mysteries are hidden on the canvas that all New York museums are looking for?