A woman named Lula finds herself unexpectedly sharing a room with a man who calls her 'princess' and warns her not to cross a line between their beds. The tense standoff escalates when the man reveals the local sheriff is spying outside, suspicious they aren't truly married. To convince the sheriff, the man initiates a physical charade of intimacy, startling Lula. Their forced performance is violently interrupted by a gunshot from another room, prompting alarmed shouts and accusations between unseen figures.