Gauri, a fierce warrior princess from the enemy kingdom, avoids execution by agreeing to partner with Vikram, the Fox Prince, in a mystical tournament in which the winner will receive his heart's desire.

Breaking the promise he made to his beautiful wife, to never pry into her past, when they arrive at her childhood home, a crumbling manor shrouded in mystery, a scholar of myths must choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage--or their lives.