Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * NOTE AS OF 04/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012. It is currently being reprised, which you can also find under my profile here in wattpad as "5:48 [reprised]"

This novel is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Blind since birth, Elle Duncan has only ever known darkness, but lack of sight has never hindered her ability to perceive the beauty of the world. Her kind and gentle soul is put to the test when her father sustains an injury that threatens their livelihood, and in desperation, he turns to the most unlikely of saviors-the Rossetti Beast. Don Rossetti is bound for an unchanging fate. He is bad-tempered, with an equally dark and scarred countenance to match. With a heart forged of ice and a soul confined to darkness, he has surrendered to a forlorn existence. But when a peasant man arrives from the village begging for a favor, he is compelled to aid the farmer in exchange for a price-a price that Elle will be forced to pay. Cover Photo © RJ Creatives Cover Art © 2023 by RJ Creatives

Its a story of a girl who wonders what love is.. but then, slowly, unknowingly, hopelessly and unconditionally falls in love with an arrogant man who himself has an embrangled life. A series of events occur in her life that make her feel the meaning and essence of true love and she finally knows what 'sacrifice' is. Zahra moves to Pakistan because of her parents' business. She meets a guy over there that unravels those mysteries in her mind that she, herself didn't know she had. p.s. This is my first story. I'd keep uploading more :-) enjoy. cheers. © Sadyah (2013)