Bound by a marriage dictated by duty rather than love, Princess Selma and the peasant Narsou flee after the fall of the kingdom and find refuge in an old house on the edge of the forest. Narsou is willing to sacrifice everything for her love, while Selma clings to the ghost of lost power and refuses to accept her new reality. When Narsou decides to turn to magic, Selma must let go of the past and make a choice that will determine her fate.