London, 1895. An ordinary night. Covenant Academy sleeps soundly and serenely. But Eliza and Kate, young representatives of the Black Blood - that is, witches - decide to awaken all the dead in Little Hill Cemetery. What seemed like a simple prank led to their expulsion from the academy. And now Eliza has no choice but to go out into the world and find the ideal husband. She spends her days among luxurious dresses and balls, in a world where everything that glitters seems to be gold. But unrest begins to grow in the darkest corners of London...Several years after the murder of Eliza's parents, death strikes the Black Bloods again. And each subsequent incident turns out to be more terrible than the previous one. Who is behind the Black Blood murders? And what does Eliza have to do with the danger that hangs over the magical and ordinary worlds?