IS HE A BEAST
ess corridors, snoopi
ran my finger down e
nd over again. I was st
ays that I'd been at th
rting to weigh down on m
place was different. It
t dinner, where he req
tarting to look forw
sed and I would stare a
n't as frightening as
scary in appearance, wi
gs, his hands that weren't
I'd thought about what t
e
ur soft o
touching me with
ht about such things,
him for long moments ov
father much, because I
ill be the same. He would
going into debt, and not
g into the kitchen, whe
ook shouting in Fr
the names of anyone
o just calling them by th
that was, if they bo
of the kitchen and gla
with a shock of white ha
most sour expression o
ess appro
lete opposite physical
a braid that hung down t
xion, bushy dark eyebrow
'd ever
rds and sour attitude,
d make Sous Chef laugh
and grippin
lled out two roasted
r platters. Then Sous Ch
d dessert, which I could
h fresh whi
ey saw me, before Cook
iked the dinners to be a s
ual at
ng around again, having a
meet the Beast for dinner
he brush strokes prec
ps as I felt this warmt
I laughed softly because
g so delicate. And then I
h an awfu
n't purposefully frigh
d his visage, whic
at all the paintings that
of my neck that I rea
r and for a second didn'
ned corridor that forked
ing eyes of the Beast, hi
nearly touching the edge
e side so his horns didn'
am
ed this otherworldly sha
the small sp
e very well, just the ov
e was starin
miliar hesitancy I'd gott
eel anything but this war
ep closer, could see his
ted to the
I took another step close
other. I had to crane my
onary, yet his focus
er but couldn't place wh
I didn't feel any fear or
y belly, a flut
as lifting my hand until
rom his wide, barreled ch
if he had been too
hat the shirt couldn't c
, I wondered if it
ed out in that rumble
en more concerned at t
d within them. But I'd be
ll moving
, ease your curiosity." I
umane voice, bu
place my hand on the cen
hat fur, when I heard a
cursing. I curled my fing
ity, and too
nd me into the kitche
vering, which had nothing
between my thighs inst
id was add more pressure
p br
so primal and animal-li
bles and heard the stall
through their no
the Beast took one forw
e. Again I felt more hea
nostrils flared, and
ould scent me. And
kept moving forward unt
wasn't escaping, I wasn'
, invading my personal sp
irled ar
ness clung to his fur-a
unshine. But underneath t
ky aroma that tingled in
sorts of ways t
l at dinner t
d extra growly, and I fe
across my collarbones an
at couldn't be contained
molded to my form perf
't hide the lushness
ur energy when, after s
o bath
his hand, one black, de
fore he gently wrapp
d one of his big fingers
s nose, inhaling deeply a
no
on right between my thi
letting the curl fall
nce more, just a moment
m out for me, and waited
ok of h
that did he lead us
about was what we wo