Every year, girls go missing in the night-taken by the beast of the Forbidden Forest. A beast that has haunted the town of Hamel for centuries. A beast that is now coming for Caelia.Lady Caelia has shut herself in her manor house for months, hiding from her town's stinging gossip and her father's bitter disappointment. But no amount of hiding will let her escape the aching hollow in her chest. An ache that threatens to consume her when her only remaining friend is lured into the Forbidden Forest to be devoured by the beast. But when Caelia stumbles upon a murder, her only escape is the Forbidden Forest. Within minutes, she is beset by the beast. But to her astonishment, she does not die. Instead, she is rescued by a man with an impossible magic and an offer she can't refuse: the chance to start a new life far away from the destruction of the old. But before Caelia can ever reach her happily ever after, she must face the dark magic of the forest and its beast, as well as her own inner demons.