The short-lived love between the young Prince Svyatoslav and Malusha, the former housekeeper of Princess Olga, led to a breakup. Saving the family from shame, Olga takes Malusha away from Kyiv, to the north. In a deep forest, secret from the whole world, sixteen-year-old Malusha gives birth to a prince's son. The fate of the forest sorcerer, the heir of those who sheltered the exile, awaits him. But the young mother cannot come to terms with the fact that her child, a descendant of many ruling families, will disappear into obscurity. And one day a stranger comes for her to take her back into the world and return what she lost...