Beauty and Beast [boyxboy]

14 I have never hated you

~Xiao Zhan's POV:

I can't see or hear anything from what is going on around, but I can feel that something important is happening.

That imbecile, Wen Chao, stuffed my ears with dried herbs or something, and blindfolded me , too, when he kidnapped me. And didn't remove the stuff when he chained me up to a rock, probably to prevent me from figuring out his criminal plans.
God, I hope that he didn't harm in any way Baba (A/n: Dad in Chinese)!
My Father, my king! Please forgive me for giving priority to my stupid obsessive love, over your well being and over Rose's interests! I pray and hope for you and the kingdom to be out of danger, and I pray to escape alive from this sh!tty situation, so as to be able to come home and fight for Rose!

What is this? Am I shaking so badly from hunger and thirst...or is it an earthquake?

"What the?!
Wen Chao, is this your smart plan? Did you kidnap me, chain me and starve me, only for feeding me to the wild animals?", I scream when I feel furry and claws touching my skin.
I am able to scream, because Wen Chao left my mouth free, probably in the hope that I would enchant him with my begs to spare my life, or maybe to divulge who knows what secrets.

And I'm really starting to scream, freaked out at the strong animal lifting me and throwing me on its shoulders:
"Oh, no, no! Please, I love animals, I was never your enemy!
Please, Mister Animal, please don't eat me! I'm not even tasty, I lost some pretty much weight lately! Heeelp!!!!!"

I'm sorry for not being brave enough, but I must admit that I am terrified, especially when feeling the cold wind pinching my face. So, the animal took me outside the cave, maybe to share the prey with its pack buddies.
Ugh, what a sad way of dying!
"Goodbye life!! Goodbye, I loved you all!", I scream one last time, and inhale deeply, ready to accept my horrible fate.

I swallow down my scream when I feel the terrifying claws on my cheeks...Will he start with tearing off my face?
The claws run upper and instead of ripping my head off my neck, they tear the blindfold off my eyes and start scooping the dirty tuft out my ears, after I am seated down on something that it's moving. Probably a smaller animal.

I try squinting , but I am still blind and see nothing, except some blurry shadows, after such a long time of darkness.

"Shhh, you are safe now.
Please, don't panic, we are here to save you, not to eat you, even though your sweet cuteness is very inviting in eating you, ha, ha.", a voice coming directly from hell growled.

I can finally distinguish the surroundings, after rubbing my eyes, but I instantly regret that I can see!
The owner of the growling voice is a huge furry monster! And the monster is talking like a human!!!!!!!!!

"What in the world?!!!", I slap my face hard.
"Am I dreaming?
Am I unconscious?
Am I already dead and in hell?"

The monster crouches down and grabs my hands ready to apply another round of slaps on my cheeks:
"Neither of those.
Beauty, don't panic, we are not here to harm you.
We saved you from Wen Chao's criminal hands and now we will take you to a safe place.
Don't be scared that we can talk, we are just a bit different from other animals.
Well, we can say that only he is an animal, a fawn, while I am a beast.
But, I promise you that we are both on your side and will protect you."

"Only now I notice the other animal that the monster is talking-growling about.
As I assumed before, I am sitting on a smaller animal's back. It's a delicate fawn that must be a very strong fawn, considering that he is supporting my weight like a strong horse in its saddle.