A mistake in her youth almost cost Zarya her life, and now she is in debt to the gods. Five years of resigned service are behind her, and she faces her last task. But fate is insidious, and the past comes back just when it seems that the cherished goal is just a stone's throw away. It would seem like a standard task, but from the very first days doubts begin to overcome, only becoming deeper with each passing hour. Who is a friend and who is an enemy? Who's the colleague and who's the killer? Teenage first love mysteriously teaching at the academy? A mysterious incubus rector, a former professional killer? Or maybe a smiling healer-fighter, whose lower spider half of his body makes him think sadly? Or even a handsome orc, hiding his clan tattoos with a laced collar? How to understand this matter and prevent a new mistake? Who to trust and who to fear? So what's at stake now? Freedom and life or... true love?