When Crt returns to his native village after thirty years to sell his heritage, the one-day business develops into discovering the past and the mysterious events that marked the place. Crt was sent from home as a child. Thirty years later, after his father's death, he returns to the village to sell his inherited house and forest. Even before he manages to arrange a sale, he finds out that only his father is buried in the cemetery, but he cannot find the grave of his long-dead mother. The family's mysterious past and the circumstances when he gets involved with the locals force him to spend the night in Trigrad.

Crt is taken by the stories of the locals about the “damn” forest he inherited. He doesn’t believe them, but it doesn’t take long before he gets lost in it himself. Crt wakes up naked in the middle of the meadow and realizes that Trigrad is playing with him. He listens to the stories of the locals about the inherited forest, a forbidden part of the forest where people are disappearing. He asks questions about his mother and once he enters the forest on his own, he can't find his way out of it. After a chilly night, the villagers launched a search operation.

Passions flare up between Crt and Jasna. He begins to reminisce about the events in the forest. Forest arouses various interests in the villagers. They find the unconscious Crt in the forest. According to the visions of his mother Nada, during his treatment he returns to Trigrad, where, in addition to love ties, he slowly unveils the veils of mysterious events in the village. It is revealed with whom his mother was close friends in the village, and at the same time the memory of the events in the forest begins to return to Crt. Jasna, Blaz and mayor Milan reveal their plans related to forest, which are vastly different.

Jasna discovers Crt's plan with the forest, which is the reason for the dispute. Once again, Crt is in danger, and his love affair shows the first serious and visible consequences. Meta's pregnancy doesn't stay hidden to Ziva. Mayor Milan also reveals his plan for the forest, and when Jasna reveals her and Crt's intentions, this is a cause for controversy. Crt investigates who is behind the events in the forest and when the poisoned man wanders around the forest, he meets Tine, who helps him. After the revelation, Meta gets closer to Helena again with Crt, who confides in her that his father called him before he died.

Crt remembers the words his father said to him on the phone. Jasna begins to investigate Crt's poisoning and becomes Meta's confidante. Meta is faced with a difficult decision whether to keep the child. The sawmills are getting to the Crt because the saw is doing less and less work. Helena reveals to Crt who sent him away from home as a child. Crt begins to draw plans for glamping. Milan starts helping the sawmills and arouses jealousy in Aljaz. Ziva reveals what is really going on with her. The sawmills get to Crt, and he deals with glamping plans. Milan arouses jealousy in Aljaz. It turns out that Ziva was pretending and misleading everyone.

Jasna is confronted with Ziva's actions and lies. Crt is preparing for fatherhood. Helena makes a decisive move regarding the saw. The celebration of Christmas divides Trigrad. Jasna is confronted with Ziva's lighter. He remembers a childhood event when someone tried to drown Crt and gets confirmation that Crt is still being served by someone for life. The sawmills, meanwhile, begin to illegally cut down the forest, but Helena intervenes with an unexpected act. The Austrians are putting pressure on Blaz, who is increasingly withdrawing from his friendship with the pastor. The celebration of the Holy Night finally divides Trigrad, triggers an avalanche of violence and conflict, and at the same time connects Crt with three women of different generations into an unexpected family.

Jasna suspects that Milan wants to cut down the forest. The Sawmills want to force Crt to sell the forest. Meta fights with Milan, Ziva tells Jasna about her former love. The secret of the three friends is increasingly being revealed. In Milan's forest, sawmills begin to cut down trees. Jasna suspects that Milan also wants to cut the forest later. Crt tries to clarify what is happening in the village in the past and today and explores the past of three friends: his mother Nada, Helena and Ziva. He increasingly suspects that Nada did not die a natural death. The Sawmills want to force Crt to sell the forest in any way possible. Meta finally fights with Milan. The secret of the three friends is increasingly revealed when Ziva tells Jasna about her former love.