Arianne, a witch born without magic, is searching for something precious to her and is willing to take great risks to find it – including breaking into the beastly Count Laval’s castle. 

Mistaking her for an assassin, Count Laval has every intention of confining her there, then killing her. But as he begins to learn more about Arianne and the sorcerers who are after her, he begins to develop a need for her…and it’s a need most monstrous.