Winter 1484. At court, Hélène de Sassenage, the beautiful Algonda, dressed in luxurious dresses, amazes with her grace and sharpness of mind. The blood of a fairy and Merlin himself flows in Algonda’s veins! But even this is not enough to protect her and the child she carries under her heart from the magic of the harpies. She will need the Elixir of the Ancients. In the name of saving her dearly beloved Algonda, her patroness Philippines is ready to part with freedom and give up her hand to her rapist... In search of a bottle with a magic elixir, Sultan Jem is ready to get out of the ground the runaway slave who kidnapped him, seeking intercession in the arms of the young Baron Le Sassenage... Will love become a hindrance or an ally in the desperate struggle for possession of the healing elixir?