Umndeni waseValeria noJoseph Prigogine uthathwa njengento ekahle iminyaka eminingi. Le mbhangqwana ndawonye ikhulisa izingane ezintathu zomculi kusukela emshadweni nomkhiqizi u-Alexander Shulgin. Ngenxa yosizo nokusekelwa kukayise wesifazane, u-Anna no-Arseny sebevele bathatha izinyathelo zabo zokuqala ebhizinisini lokubonisa.
Iningi lwakamuva, abezindaba babhala mayelana nokuthembisa ukuthi umculi wayengu-Arseny. Insizwa idlala upiyano kusukela ebuntwaneni, futhi ekupheleni konyaka odlule wenza ngisho nekhonsathi enkulu eMnyangweni WaseMoscow.
Ekupheleni konyaka odlule kwaziwa ukuthi lo mfana oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala uqale ukuhlangana nomdwebo weminyaka engu-20 u-Anna Sheridan. Izindaba zakamuva zabikwa ngu-Anna emakhasini akhe.
Ebhekene namahemuhemu, umama womculi osemncane noyise wakhe wesibalo akazange avume ukukhetha kuka-Arseny. Kodwa-ke, ngubani oneminyaka yobudala alalele iseluleko sezihlobo?
Njengoba kwaziwa, ngenxa yokuzilibazisa kwakhe, le nsizwa ayidlulanga izivivinyo ekolishi lomculo, futhi kwakukhona ukuxoshwa kwayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Arseny wanquma ukushiya abazali bakhe. Ngokusho kwemibiko yezindaba, manje uhlala nomuntu othandekayo kwelinye lamahhotela enhloko-dolobha, futhi ngeke abuyele ekhaya.