A newborn baby girl with a strange red birthmark on her cheek is abandoned in the snowy mountains by her superstitious biological father. Grieving white‑leopard Nova, who lost her cub to the same man, finds the helpless infant. Driven by tangled grief and maternal instinct, Nova chooses to nurse and raise the human child Aurelia. Able to understand animal speech, the little girl grows up protected by forest beasts. When her birth father hunts the leopard and uses Aurelia as bait, the pair go through forced separation, dangerous chases and bitter losses. With help from her remorseful birth mother Elena, they fight against prejudice and cruelty. In the end, they defeat their persecutor and build a peaceful home in the woods, bound by genuine chosen maternal love rather than blood ties.
