"Would you be so kind in moving, your spot, you are sitting on me." The gruff voice spoke with mild distaste. "Oh, oh dear, I'm so sorry." With a squeak, the owner of the other voice jumps up.
Blue eyes look into firey red.
The vampire tilted their head, "Do not be sorry, however do watch where you sit."
"Some of us bite."
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In a world where humans, vampires, werewolves, and other mythical creatures collide, love finds itself once again in a story of the high and the low. Where the beast meets the beauty turns into a dazzling story, that has been told, in many ways, in many stories.
A tale as old as time, and my take, for the Beauty and The Beast.
Mature for violence, homophobia mentions, and mentions of blood and gore.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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