Lured by another one of Giselle's false promises of friendship, Belle finds herself intruding on the Beast and one of the castle's most closely guarded secrets: a beautiful woman frozen in crystal. As Belle learns more about her employer and the curse that afflicts him and his subjects, she must come to terms with the evil she will face as she continues the search for her mother—and the heartbreak she will suffer if she stays with the Beast any longer.