Beauty's Beast: Twisted Fairytales

A girl with nowhere to run.

A cursed kingdom that time forgot.

A monstrous beast lurking in the shadows.

Desperate to protect her virtue and save her father, Belle flees to the dark forest, a place rumored to hide the ruins of a lost kingdom. Disregarding the whispers of the beast that lurks there in the shadows, she braves the unknown in the hope of escaping a future she has never wanted.

Any fate, even one in the haunted castle, is better than being caught by the Lord hunting her. Her betrothed is a terrible man set on making her his wife, servant, and toy.

But when she arrives at the ruined kingdom, Belle is held captive again, though the cursed palace and its occupants are not at all what she expected. Particularly, the mysteriously cursed Master she now serves.

A man.

A beast.

A mystery.

Shadows dance, time feels altered, and through keyholes and cracks, Belle witnesses acts she can't resist observing.

Desire stirs, and she imagines fulfilling her awakening urges. Curiosity overtakes fear, drawing her into the shadows, regardless of the cost.

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This is a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling.