Beauty and the Beast (Not Quite the Fairy Tale #3) Read Online Free Page B

chore: immobile, soundless, expressionless, save for the occasional wince. She’d ripped all the fun out of fucking and trampled over it.  
     
    “I’ll see you on your next leave, then. Four weeks?”
    He shrugged; it would be a whole season, if he could get away with it.
    In an ideal world, Aurora would madly fall in love with some poor guy during his absence, and break up with him.
    He knew she didn’t love him: her actions betrayed no passion, no real affection. He certainly didn’t feel much towards her, either. However, he wasn’t at liberty to just get out of the mess: he was Prince and heir of the Jereenan throne, and she, the daughter of the Regent of Ferren.  Their separation would strain the relationship between their respective kingdoms.
    So, he bid his time.
     
    Jereena.
     
    Flora was sweet. Brown hair, dark eyes, pouty purple lips currently wrapped around his cock. He wished she was an option, but her father was crazy protective, and didn’t let any of the twelve Eastlean princesses date.
    Well, that didn’t exactly stop them from fucking, but whatever.
    Aiden breathed in between his teeth, clenching his fist when she started pumping him with her hand. Hell, she was seriously good. As soon as the stupid King put her on the menu, he was marrying her.
    She removed him from her mouth and said “try not to come on my hair,” before aiming her sweet tongue towards his balls.
    He blanked out, everything around him disappeared for an instant.
    When his vision returned, he thought he might be hallucinating, because there, in front of him, in his bedroom, was Aurora Stevenson.
     
    She didn’t seem shocked, or in pain; she was just pissed. He couldn’t help a smile; well, she’d be breaking up with him, now. She’d make a scene about it, but he was free.
    Aiden knew she had too much pride for ever admitting to what had occurred, so a generic reason would be served to the Regent and his own father.
    Results.
    “I wished you’d prove me wrong,” Aurora said, sounding almost bored. “But you’re pathetically predictable.”
    That was rich, coming from Ms. Lay-Down-And-Take-It.
    “I wanted to believe you; you’re so chivalrous, so handsome. A perfect prince charming.”
    She somehow managed to make that sound like an insult; Aiden laughed, before grabbing Flora’s silky hair and directing her head back on him. If he had to listen to that, might as well have a distraction.
    Flora giggled and took the hint like a champ, sucking him harder than ever. The girl liked an audience? Goddess, she was perfect.
    “I won’t be this naïve again. And you will never again entice a woman with that pretty face of yours.”
    He caught her smile before she spoke again; a cold, cruel smile, which would be haunting him for years.
    “Aiden, I wish that your appearance matches who you truly are inside.”
     
    It didn’t worry him; he recalled smirking as she left, before fucking Flora like there was no tomorrow.
    He had been right: there hadn’t been a tomorrow. The next morning, he was a beast.
     
    Now.
     
    Aiden woke with a start, sweating, out of breath; Adler whined next to him, demanding reassurance by bumping his head against his leg. Aiden reached down and scratched the dog curled up next to him.
    Fuck. It had been a while – over two years, at least. He’d stopped dreaming of his life as it had been before his change when he’d accepted his new form.
    It wasn’t that bad. He would have gotten used to it sooner, if he hadn’t been so handsome, rich, important and successful before. It was a hard fall, from the top of the world to the very bottom.
    There was no use pretending that he didn’t know what had made him think of it now.
    Aiden lifted the hand which wasn’t petting Adler – the one Sibelle had caressed the previous day – and stared at it, still dumbfounded over the contact of her skin.
     
    Sibelle had moved in.
     
    He yet again wondered what madness had made him request that she should