Rose of a Beast
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Elora Laurette is the most beautiful in her entire small town, her only flaw: Reading for enjoyment. Elora Just wants adventure, the closest thing she can get to that in her town is running from the towns "most attractive" ; Godric who is after her hand. She finds opportunity though when her fathers wagon returns home without him in it, leading her to an empty castle. It isn't as empty as she thought though, curses, just like in her books are real and now she is stuck in the middle of one. She'd thought adventure would never find her.
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