IS HE A BEAST

rting to set over the

assive steed and cl

to stay back again,

ather was going through

out Gaston that the man w

ture my father just for t

r to help, even if th

stomped as I gripped the

Beast placed a paw over

hardness o

him, his palm nearly co

thick as my torso and fra

felt

der and tipped my head

y watching me. I hardly

short time, yet inexp

told me not to come. I

y own actions. And that m

the uncertainty of what

tayed.” When I didn’t

I thought,” he murmured.

ned his hand ag

g even though I wasn’t

stallion picking up spee

ca

les away, deep into th

when the wind d

curing the hood over my

d over at him and saw he

powerful. He didn’t seem

lement

so wholly

his unusual physique

erotic and

d close my eyes, taking

ed all ov

d was to tempt him bec

ll

my desire because I fel

the Beast’s tail wrapped

and strangely enough, I

ssive

the sleek, silky fur that

thoughts turned loud as

my nak

tted my teeth, trying to

d of a wolf howling, kne

order, and my

my father wanted to meet

he wanted ambiguity, his

egging for help, espe

llage, an imposing struc

th burning torc

earer I spotted my father

cloaked in heavy wool, t

paced back

ed to a stop a short dis

el how tense my new husb

e around m

pered, feeling my own

to the

around, feeling the hair

lt off but I couldn’t plac

ather slowly making his

racking und

ted growling louder, I

se

, and I was about to ge

of disapproval and pull

es

ld come,” my father sai

see him eyeing the Beast

e asked for my husb

o heartless as

course not. It’s just

fore looking back at me

d my husband, who still

pon

ning on the back of my

ing’s wrong,” I said mor

dless, echoing

after I spoke those word

d later we were thr

ct, but the Beast twiste

ing the brunt of the forc

es

ut a second before someo

. Whoever held my hair t

p

ed my hands to grip the

ease some of the

e air leaving me rough

en I saw several men wit

air, charging

It was

them like the very dev

until it fluttered in tatte

head back and roaring

oo

ted his horns and powe

could be with me, I’d ha

ca

rry. I’

repeating that apology

de standing next to… Gast

rk on his lips, and stared

until he was

whispered but neither

Beast mixing with the

o continued

taken out. He needs to

is nothing but a corrupt

deserve you, Belle. I’m

uted as he pounded his c

be the hero o

gain and I focused on

e Beast flung him away a

ying

pitchfork, the prongs sti

led growl and ripped it o

en screaming in pain, pi

e scent of blood

ound. I heard a revolv

Gaston holding the gle

ound, the men who attac

n the for

sing and falling, his br

out anything else behind

uch, I could see he had w

g of blood

d and lifted a huge fur

I watched in awe as that

Leave before I tear out yo

dan

d my focus to my father.

other direction. I lifted

love fade. He’d left me, d

ok

time I’d see him, and s

ad been lifted

owled so menacingly at

urnal animals scurrying aw

uld tak

your death is slow and

ring your heart in m

orward, and I swore eve

m. I didn’t even realize

toward

ut, then the cracking ba

was shoved

ke sure I hadn’t been s

I realized I was unharme

s stood off

to shoot again, not wh

ping him around his meaty

gr

that held the revolver,

ack, broke the bone. The

on howle

is, especially with my

have hurt her, who

e Beast, maybe pleaded t

he men who attacked the

h when the Beast plunge

is ribcage, pulled out hi

re nothing but a

ground, his lifeless bo

husband turned to face

ston’s bloody

nowing I should feel fe

erous, that filled my

to the ground, lowered

as he scented the wetnes

e spot betwe

as we faced off, my fa

the others nothing b

d. “Run as fast as you

g to fuck you so hard th

elong

y other warning.