Status Updates From Bastien (The Beast #0.5)

Here's another fairy tale turned erotica. Although this is darker than the last one I read. I hope this is a promising read.

...I take a book of poetry from the shelves and take a seat on the settee.

The first verse has me rolling my eyes and snapping the book shut.

Drivel. Another man brought to the brink of madness by woman, whining and pining after his tormentor. It's not the sun kissed wheat of the woman's hair, or the cherry red of her lips, or the peach pink of her cheek that bothers me-obviously the man was hungry when...

A week has gone by and no one has appeared on my doorstep to challenge me. I take it as a sign Christine's family has decided to bear their humiliation in private to preserve the marriage contract. A shame, really. A proper duel would go a long way to relieving this wretched ennui.