Geralt takes a short cut down a beaten path, where he makes a grim discovery of two corpses. Backtracking their trail, heâs led to a derelict mansion secured with elevated walls and a gateâmysterious and ramshackle, yet adorned with a rare elegance Geralt could not ignore. He is met with the mansionâs ownerânot quite human, but a beast with the faculties of a man. With Geralt unfazed by his monstrous appearance and displays of aggression, the beast invites him inside. A kind but wary host, he shares stories of his family, his life . . . and his curse. If the weight of his misdeeds could condemn him to the body of a beastâa retribution spoken of only in fairy tales, could there be another grain of truth in these tales of fantasyâone that could help him elude his fate and lead him to salvation?