Almost everything that Malusha expected from Svyatoslav - love, wealth, honor - was given to her by her great-grandmother, Svanheid. In an ancient princely nest, a former slave-housekeeper has turned into an enviable bride, involved in a struggle for power and in the thick of sacred secrets. But she cannot completely forget Svyatoslav. From ancient days she had a child left with him - the third son of the Prince of Kyiv. And when Svyatoslav has to return here to maintain power over northern Russia, he finds out that he has an unfamiliar heir here...