It's an elaborate and taboo practice, buying favors from witches. When Magdalene, who does not want any children, offers her first born to a witch in return for her present family's health, she must find a way to have a baby. However, things may get complicated when her child's father has made a deal with a different witch, creating a stand-off battle for the child. What really adds to the glamour of the situation, piling up int he back of her mind, is that Magdalene begins to doubt whether she wants to relinquish her child at all.