Storybrooke, England, 1865. The people have become bigoted and self-righteous, living in the shadow of the town's asylum that is run by its powerful Headmistress Mills. But when a stranger arrives in town and Lord Gold, the the asylum's wealthy patron, finds out that Belle has been locked up for the last twenty-eight years, the town is caught in a spiral of suspicion and murder.

"It's forever, dearie," he had said, and he meant it. A darker take on Belle's stay in the Dark Castle where she is torn between love and hatred for her captor, especially when the Evil Queen offers her a way out. But Belle must make her decision before the clouds of a powerful curse gather over Fairy Tale Land...