The writer of fairy-tale plays, Felix Nelidov, swore off falling in love, since his three wives died. The storyteller is sure: it is he who is to blame, for all three deaths occurred according to the scenarios of the fairy tales he wrote. But then the young lady Sofya Altukhova appears on Nelidov’s path. Passion flares up between the young people, overshadowing the writer’s fear for the girl’s fate. At that moment he finishes the play “The Ice Maiden”, in the finale of which the heroine drowns under the ice. And the plot begins to come true! True, at the most tragic moment, Sophia is saved. After such a turn of events, the lovers understand one thing: evil fate has nothing to do with it. After all, the ice was deliberately chipped! And it seems that this was done by a person from their inner circle!