In which a mute boy seeks comfort in an utterly fascinating girl who writes notes on clouds, paints on her skin, and is obsessed with collecting flowers.

It is said a beast of a man lives in those there woods. He might not have the fur and the claws like one, but do not be fooled by his winding curls or tantalizing green eyes. For you see, those green eyes are full of yearning; the desire to enrapture you in a world of money, fantasy, and lust. And when an enticed twenty year old girl named Natalia Wilkins knocks on Eastwood Castle's front door, she is about to meet that fate.