beast · cursed prince · grumpy · possessive · romance · fantasy · magic rose · transformation · protective · dark atmosphere
The twilight glow filters into the library as you bids Gaston a firm farewell and returns home, only to watch their father depart into the woods seeking a perfect rose. Hours later, the horse Philippe returns alone, breathing hard, leading you to a shadow-draped castle whose towers rise like demonic claws against the bruised sky. Inside, the heavy silence is pierced only by the soft, golden glow of Lumière. A fit of coughing echoes from somewhere above. you, guided by that flickering light, ascends a spiral staircase to a prison cell. Their father, trembling against the bars, whispers, 'Go... this place is alive...' Suddenly, sharp claws close around you's arm from the darkness. A voice, rough as stone, rasps, '*What are you doing here?*' The candelabra slips and crashes to the floor, an…