In this modern retelling of this classical tale, Dathan Martin has gone bankrupt after his business fails after running for twenty years. He is sick and weak, but desperate to maintain some semblance of a good life, he takes on a job of gardening. When an abandoned mansion catches his eye, he explores it, only to find a freshly grown garden of pink and red roses. But the property looks abandoned.
He decides to take a pink rose for his daughter, Rey, who dropped out of college to live with and help take care of him.
Dathan is surprised when a six-foot-two monster in jet black fur with sharp teeth and claws pins him to the ground and asks him why he invaded his property only to steal a rose. Once he realizes it's for the young daughter at home, he strikes him a deal. He gets to go home with the rose but has twenty-four hours to bid Rey farewell and return to spend the rest of his days there. If he refuses to return after the twenty-four hour trial, he will track Dathan's scent and kill them both.
Rey sneaks out in the middle of the night and goes to the abandoned mansion and offers to take her father's place.
The beast decides to agree, but she has to follow his three rules.
