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Beautiful Curse by Kyrian18

The entire castle transformed into a dark, foreboding place, its lush green grounds into dark, misty, wolf-infested woods. And pain flickered through my eyes as I witnessed how this ideal place became so horrendous. I barely recognized the whole place that once been my little home, after I decided to visit the mortal world.

I hesitantly walked at the staircase and headed to the left wing, where his room was located.

I stopped as I watched him there on his bed, completely helpless. At least, his heart now finally beat. He was shirtless, with ragged, dark gray breeches, and ragged reddish-colored cape with golden colored circular-shaped clasp. My heart wrecked as I watched his monstrous form - a chimera -  mixture of several animals.

I cursed him.

"You fought well, my dear daughter. You've done everything you could." It was my dad, mysteriously appeared beside me. I lost out of words to say, so I hugged the god of Love so tight, I could feel his heartbeat.

An act of valor to have his soul back, I went to Hades' territory like an insane goddess. I even met my grandmother's wrath, and faced every death with all the courage that I had. Those braveries, and courage, that I'd never done, lost all at once when both of them rejected my offer.

"I lost," I sobbed against his chest. "I lost him. I don't have Aphrodite's power. I cannot turn him into human again. And I cannot undo the curse, father. I tried. So damn much, I tried. And I failed."

Prince Adam was a beast now. No beauty at all. My heart still beat for him like a boomerang of pain; it wouldn't stop, and came back again, stabbing my heart.

Eros wiped away my tears like a baby and smiled. "Don't be sad, little one. Sometimes, failures can make us braver than we have ever thought we can. I cannot undo the curse, but I can make a new one to break it. You have to promise me that you'll leave his life for good."

Even the daughter of the god of Love can be rejected too, I silently nodded with pain.

Eros used his powers and focused them at the dried rose, on a table. Upon touching it, the rose seemed to glow like a kindled luminosity, asking for a hope.

"He has to fall in love within thirty days. To love and be loved in return. That is the only way to break the spell. "

Prince Adam never saw my worth, but I destroyed his value. He failed to notice my existence, yet somehow, I wished he did.

There were things which supposed to happen by destiny, itself, but I let it shattered. I let it crumpled in my bloody hands. I destroyed fate as much as I destroyed true love.

I hoped someday, he would forgive me.