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“Beast.” Sonya lost count of how many times she had called out to him; still, she didn’t receive an answer. By then, the panic she had felt when she had first arrived had fully taken hold. With each step, she took through the dark castle searching for her creature, her heart pounded harder in her chest.

As she reached the grand staircase, small droplets of blood on the ground caught her attention. Fear mixed in with her panic as the thought of the blood being Beast’s consumed her. Quickly she ascended the stairs that led to her section of the castle. Dashing into the hallway, the sound of her shoes hitting the ground the only sound to be heard, she had no idea what to expect. What awaited her were bloodied paw prints that couldn’t belong to anyone but Beast.