A baby girl is born into the wealthy Grahams, but Mrs. Graham dies from excessive bleeding. Servants call the infant a jinx and order her disposed. The abandoned child—identified as the magistrate's daughter—is rescued by the Tobins and renamed May. The Fatekeeper admits a mishap: the fairy promised a rich household is redirected, so he bends rules and grants May some power to fulfill wishes. Yet May's new foster mother is starving and cannot breastfeed, leaving the baby's survival uncertain and the Tobins facing a desperate immediate choice.