Grima Wormtongue survives Legolas's arrow in Isengard-but barely. He is sent to Lothlorien to seek recovery from the elves, as he no longer has a place in the kingdom of Rohan where its people regard him as nothing more than a treacherous, villainous snake. In Lothlorien, he is placed under the care of Lady Tathareth, a mysterious and reclusive, but kind-hearted, healer-and the

In 18th century France, when Hermoine's father returns from his travels with the tale of an enchanted palace of glass and roses, a dark, grotesque Beast, and the fatal price he must pay for stealing a single rose, she goes in his place as the Beast's prisoner of her own free will with the Beast's cryptic words haunting her thoughts: "A Life for a Rose".

In 18th century France, when Hermoine's father returns from his travels with the tale of an enchanted palace of glass and roses, a dark, grotesque Beast, and the fatal price he must pay for stealing a single rose, she goes in his place as the Beast's prisoner of her own free will with the Beast's cryptic words haunting her thoughts: "A Life for a Rose".