"Remember to be wild," Orabella's mother would say. But her mother is dead and Orabella's days are taken up with chores for the small estate that barely keeps her stepmother and stepsisters fed. Then an invitation arrives. The King is throwing a three day party for the Prince, a last attempt to find a cure for the curse that will claim him on his twentieth birthday. The witch who saves Gauthier will get his hand in marriage and will eventually become queen. Orabella is forbidden from going to the party even though everyone is invited. She wants to see the castle and the Cursed Prince. This time she refuses to obey her stepmother. As Orabella discovers the secrets of her past and the truth about her mother and the prince's curse, she learns that no one is to be trusted and not everyone wants the prince to survive.