He begins to eat the ginger girl, whom he believes is his daughter, and gorges himself on her flesh. Maxim hugs his daughter and begins to kiss her, apologizing desperately all the while.
Karina responds sadly, stroking the girl's cheek and excuses herself to visit a friend. The ginger girl approaches her home and meets with Maxim and Karina. Nadya flies home the following spring and is sent with a gingerbread creation made in her image. The witch turns her into a raven temporarily, at her request, so that she might spy upon Karina. Nadya runs away and lives with a kind witch named Magda in the woods. She starves Nadya, locks her in her room, steals the food she finds, and prevents her father from showing her affection. Karina marries Nadya's father, Maxim, and begins to torment her. Soon after the third local disappearance, Nadya begins to suspect Karina, a local baker, of being a witch and luring the girls into the woods. This is followed closely by a harsh winter that forces Nadya's father to sell his modes of transportation in order to support his family.
The incidents arise after reported missing girls from nearby towns.
Nadya's town is being tormented by the mysterious disappearances of local women. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's debut novel, Shadow and Bone. But it's just possible that the danger may be a little bit closer to home. There was a time when the woods near Duva ate girls… or so the story goes.
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