Prince Svetlova wants to keep his beloved, the goddess of spring Lelya, next to him forever. But she is forced to elude him with every turn of the annual circle. It is impossible to pull her out of there, this means certain death for the whole world. Svetlova is looking for the sacred Cup of Fate, hoping with its help to see Lelya in the middle of winter. The long and almost hopeless hunt for the elusive Spring gradually deprives him of his sanity. And Svetlova becomes an easy prey for Vela, the mistress of the world of the dead, who benefits from the loss of spring...