Once every hundred years, three eighteen-year-old girls are chosen as brides for the immortal ruler of the Midnight Lands. They live in his castle for a whole year, then one of them becomes his wife, and the rest... no one knows anything about their fate. I have to reveal this secret. Having voluntarily offered to replace my sister at the selection, I was sure that I would not attract the attention of Black Raven, but I was wrong...