Anastasia, princess of a overthrown dynasty, flees from the castle. The new ruler declares she’s gone mad—an ethereal creature that devours children. From the smallest to the oldest, everyone in the country believes the fugitive is an evil witch. She’s waiting for the pyre and a crowd ready to tear her into pieces. What’s left for Anastasia? To unleash a demon and offer him a deal.
Only instead of an ancient evil capable of returning her the throne, she gets a hopeless drunk who aches for a wife who left him a hundred years ago. But the contract is made, and all Anastasia has left is to fulfill her vow of eternal loyalty…