Howlan Vargyr lives with a terrible curse that can only be removed if he kidnaps the princess from the neighboring kingdom and delivers her to the forbidden White Woods. Easy enough. But when he takes Anne, the princess' maid, by mistake, the two of them must navigate the treacherous wilderness together. Anne wants to get home, and Howlan needs to break his curse for good. But the beast lurking inside of him is growing stronger each day that they spend together. And it is hungry for Anne...