Ella logs long, thankless hours cataloging dusty artifacts in a private warehouse, routinely enduring condescending remarks from her boss and his entitled circle of collectors. During an opulent midnight gallery auction, an arrogant socialite coerces Ella into kissing an ancient pharaoh's gilded sarcophagus to entertain the mocking crowd of wealthy onlookers.
The forbidden gesture instantly fractures a slumbering millennial enchantment, resurrecting an imperious Egyptian monarch who materializes beside her secondhand sofa by morning. As Ella scrambles to teach the bewildered royal how to navigate modern grocery stores and smartphone screens, shadowy cultists and supernatural hunters emerge across the city, requiring her to shield the sovereign she accidentally called back to life.
