The year is 1720. A new decade has just begun, yet everything remains the same in a world where vampires and humans have learnt to co-exist. The Bordanes rule over the kingdom with fear and cruelty, their bloodlust insatiable and unforgiving.
Alexander Fox had the misfortune to work in the very same castle the Bordanes lived in.
Although he never encountered any of the royals, Alexander always stayed on his guard as he worked in the scullery or walked down the corridors of the castle. He felt safe only when he was in his sleeping quarters, where he would try to quench any taboo desire he felt for the Prince.
Prince Byron.
Alexander's growing infatuation for the Prince was becoming harder to deny. However, after the night of the Prince's birthday celebration, Alexander's life would change in ways he never dared to think.
"As soon as you believe you are a monster is when you become one."
After many years of war, the kingdom of Edria is finally in an era of peace--peace obtained by one thing and one thing only.
A deal.
King Regol has made a deal with the devil, or rather, a beast. A monster.
Or so he claims.
When he uses the deal for his own advantage, he threatens a girl named Zara, who has had everything but her family taken away.
Zara is ordered to kill the beast Regol made a deal with, unbenownst to her that the deal even exists. When her attempt fails, she is left with two choices: to never go back home, or to learn from the beast so she can take back what is hers.
She faces dangers on the castle grounds she thought were only stories; magic, creatures that kill a person in a single puff of air, and lastly, the beast, who can barely control the darkness that has buried itself in him for years.
The longer she is on the castle grounds, however, the more she realizes everything is more than it seems...
...and that she has a power she could only dream about.
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A retelling of Beauty and the Beast
Wonderful cover by @nicegirlsreadbooks
Highest rank: #1 in Fantasy
#4 in Adventure