As a child, Ivan the Terrible discovered a ring made of dull dark metal with the image of the face of a scary, narrow-eyed old man. By putting the find on his finger, the king predetermined his fate - the ring turned out to contain a secret... Lika found an old signet ring on the street. And soon she met a wonderful young man who was strikingly different from her current environment: her unloved husband, his impudent younger brother and her domineering mother-in-law. But the fairy tale has turned into a nightmare, and only an ancient decoration can save Lika from falling into the abyss...