The Cold Beast

True love. For someone like him, it's entirely unnecessary.

Astoria fantasizes about a love so warm yet possessive that it'll want her flaws and all, yet she gave up on that dream years ago as unrealistic and childish. Instead, she chooses to focus on the life she has instead of dreaming about "what-ifs" until the devil comes knocking on her door and drags her into a world she never thought should be hers. And in that world, she meets a beast -- merciless, indifferent, pragmatic -- the opposite of the love she sought.

Prince Chevalier infuriates her in a way Astoria never thought possible. He's cold, dismissive, condescending, believes love is meaningless, and worst of all... he acts like he can read Astoria better than anyone else. And she hates it. Desperate to prove this condescending prince wrong for once, she swears she'll show him the value of love.

Will Astoria be able to prove to Prince Chevalier that love has value and make this beast human again, or will she just become another obstacle stomped out by him?

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A Re-Imagining of Chevalier Michel's route from Ikemen Prince that replaces Emma ('Belle') with Astoria, a fiery-tempered, compulsive, and almost competitive woman with unknown origins.