Love is intense and judgement is flawed. Can Mei hold onto the deep bond she has forged with Lusar, or has she gone too far?
Mei Ming flees her cannibalistic village and finds an adoptive camp where she discovers her powerful graphic skill.
Her reputation reaches Lusar, a Mongol chief and he sends Aghir with furs to entice her. Mei believes the handsome messenger wants her to join him and she prepares a drawing to fill his heart with love. However, it is the Mongol chief who takes her hypnotic design.
Made defiant by Lusar’s mother’s aggressive interrogation, Mei bonds with Lusar. They marry and have a daughter, Luma.
Lusar returns from a raid injured in the groin and incapable of making love. When able to ride he travels alone to find his sister Beba and Aghir, captured by barbarians where their child Geng is born. He buys their release.
Luma and Geng venture on a long secret trek to steal a cub of the sacred Snow Leopard. Mei tracks them and is viciously gouged while saving them from the cat’s fury. Luma runs back for help, leaving Geng to protect and carry Mei, and tend to her wounds. He is the image of his father, Aghir. During their days and nights together, aroused Geng and frustrated Mei yield to temptation.
His seed takes root.