Beastly

Dream

" They are nowhere to be found, milord."Cory said with a bow and the queen wept even more.

"Why did she leave? That ungrateful peasant lead her away from her family!I shouldn't have spared him,I should have locked him up in the dungeon."Frederick said, clearly fuming in anger,it wasn't so long he had to part with one of his daughters,now this?,what if something happens to her?,what if she starves to death, couldn't have left a letter at least, even a little more, didn't she think of how hard it would be leaving outside her comfort zone?,was she so insensitive?, she didn't stop to think of her family,if she did, she would still be here right now. What was he going to say to General Lorick and his son Irvin? Did she think all this was a joke? If she thought she would just run away like that, then she was awfully wrong. They would scout the whole kingdom,if it meant he would find her.

"She didn't tell you, Tina? She didn't leave a note? Maybe we just can't find it." Laurel said as tears streamed down her eyes.Trice had been bemused these past few days and she knew it had been because of that peasant boy, how could she choose him over her family?. Didn't she know how hard it might be for her as a princess living among peasants?

Tina sat next to her mother trying to console her, while her father paced around the room. She couldn't even believe she'd just left without telling her, she didn't even leave her a sign. Letters usually weren't that convenient between them. Her sisters, as Thrianna wasn't fund of it,so that had resulted to other things,like using objects, probably a little mark on the wall, anything that could convey their message,but she did nothing,times like this she wished that Thrianna wasn't away,she would have known,she would have noticed something, didn't family mean enough to her?,she thought as a tear dropped from her eyes and she cleaned it immediately,she couldn't afford to cry when her mother was clearly in need of comfort, she wouldn't cry,now that Trice was gone, she had to take care of things and she wasn't going to lay ideal and hope Trice would be found,just as she was still in thought, Laurel swooned and Tina looked down at her.

"Mother!!!"she screamed as her father rushed over to her.

"I'll get her to her room,call for the royal physician."Frederick said to her and she nodded and stood as she ran to catch up with Cory who had just left the room.

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"Strength, speed, but that I rarely used,"he said as he patted her hair.

"What else can you do?"she asked,her curiosity turning to excitement with every answer. He lay in bed as usual with her in his arms, and for the first time since she had arrived,he wasn't trying to shush her or send her to sleep, why they lay together. They were actually having a normal conversation without biting heads off, well, not exactly normal ,as the matters of a beast wasn't a normal conversation.

"Well, I have excellent hearing,"he said, and she rolled her eyes. Who called themselves excellent? She would have called him a braggart if his hands didn't suddenly brush over her neck and her heart skipped a beat as goosebumps rose into her skin.

"I can hear your heartbeat-"he whispered,"-for me."he said, still laying feathered touches on her neck.

"Doesn't it g-get tiring and confusing listening to e-everything at the s-same time?she stuttered, holding her breath. Well, now she knew he was doing it on purpose.

"Well it was quite hard at first, then I learnt to pick out the things I want and keep the rest behind and make that one thing stay."he answered, and she had this feeling that the conversation had just taken a turn. His hand went lower and she sucked in her breath.

"It's l-late,I h-have to sleep."she whispered and he smiled.

"Of course,"he said as his hand went back to her hair. Well, it was quite obvious that he was getting to her,who knew that his little imp was a shy one. He definitely hadn't expected her to remain calm after what he'd just told her. It was a wonder she still let him hold her. Wasn't she supposed to be scared or something? He looked at her face and smiled,for such a little thing, she made his heart tickle in so many different ways. He wasn't even sure how deep his feelings had grown, but he knew it was definitely deeper than he would have expected.

Thrianna walked into a house. It was really small and it looked quite broken,the wooden floors were already squeaky and there was dust everywhere, and the furniture had obviously seen better days as they were thoroughly rugged. She walked slowly as she tried to decipher where exactly she was. She didn't remember leaving the castle, and what in the world was she wearing? It was a red gown,it was quite comfortable but she couldn't say much about the looks of it,it looked like she had just rolled in the mud and her feet were hurting really badly. She raised her gown to find that she wasn't wearing any shoes and her white sock was covered in dirt and dried up leaves were sticking on it,and was that blood? She was bleeding? How?. She bent and touched the sole of her foot,it was quite deep and so painful,there was a splinter stuck in her foot,she tried to pull it out. She bit back a loud groan as she pulled it out. She had to find her way out of here,she wasn't even looking forward to knowing what more was in the house. She was curious, but for some unknown reasons her gut feeling was way stronger than curiosity.

She turned immediately and limped towards the doorway and she touched the knob. It burnt her palm,it was hot, really hot.

"Ouch."she muttered, as she looked from her palm to the knob,it wasn't hot when she had stepped in,it was perfectly fine, maybe not perfectly. But still,she could touch it, and why did everything smell like it was burning? She turned to look back at the room and it was indeed burning. What was she to do? Who set the room on fire? She immediately tore a piece of her gown and wrapped it around the door knob and tried opening it again, but the door was stuck,it wasn't opening and the fire was growing bigger and the smoke was making it harder for her to breath ,she was chocking,the smoke stung her eyes as tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Help."she muttered as she fell to the ground.