Summary Andriana transforms a beautiful fairy to an ugly old woman so that her son Billy won’t be seduced by her. The fairy’s prince, Achilleas, who is far away, rides his horse and rushes to kiss her before the moon disappears in the black shadow. However, as the news spreads, all the old women in the world run to capture his kiss, which will make them young and beautiful again. When Achilleas climbs down the bottom of a well to solve a peculiar murder, he discovers that the frozen fingers of the body are holding the story of his youth.