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Beauty and the Alpha Beast

Beauty and the Alpha Beast

Author: ID Johnson
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Chapter 1 Myths and Magic

Word Count: 2040    |    Released on: 22/12/2024

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n a female white-tail quite so large. I wish I could get a little closer so I could see her markings more clearly, but she's hidden well behind the leaves of the trees, and it's clear she's spotted me. If

f piles that litter the ground. It's nearly winter; we should be having our first sno

y when I hear the crackle of a thousand leaves dying excruciating second deaths. Letting

over with her arms wide open. "Your

oved to Luna Hollow almost a year ago. Her golden blonde hair catches the sun's light, creating a halo around her pretty face. She's beautiful in a traditional way, with bright blue eyes and perfectly

ucky in that r

cloak. I do the same to my dark green one. I try to blend into the trees the best I can when I c

?" she asks, looking

how rare they've been lately. Before that, I saw a squirrel with a

y animal investigations are. Instead, she just changes the subject. "You should be at home pl

o insist on continuing my investigations when she doesn't like it. We almost always do something Fiona likes to do, bu

cres. It's a nice house-two-stories with four bedrooms and indoor plumbing-and since most of the yard is covered in forest, I like it a lot more than I did our tiny apartment in

ing a long brown braid over my shoulder. I've never like

t your home on your birthday or if you'll be summoned to the castle." A c

of such a thing until I moved here. It all sounds so ridiculous to me. Why would some king who lives in a secluded castle at the top of a hill so high it's prac

ure I will not be getting one of the infamous re

just a month ago. She was gone all night, and when sh

-like the legends about the witches in Hexeton. While plenty of old timers like to scare the kids by saying w

ll not fear him. "I intend to celebrate my birthda

yards from the back of the house. The bridge is only about four feet long, but I've always though

ink that's it. In my opinion, my stepfather simply doesn't care for me, and I suppose I can't blame him. After all, I was almost twenty years old when we met, a grown woman, and he'd gone his whole life without being a fath

erything he can t

s ever seen the person from the castle who brings them out," Fiona explains. "My friend Marcy knows someone who stayed up all night staring at her mailbox to see i

n. "I was just thinking I shouldn't waste my tim

d marches up the steps toward my back

her inside, and we hang up our coats. My mother absolutely ad

as she comes over to greet both of us and give us a hug.

breath and savoring the delicious smel

he possibility of being summoned to the

friend squeals with delight and plucks out a chocolate chip cookie, taking a bite before

It's not like her to agree with such silly notions. She was always quick to di

and folds her hands, my forehead furrows. "I think we sh

in color and shape, and I don't blink for a few

e says it does happen. Over the past seven years, quite a few young women who live in this village have gotten a letter from the king to appear in his cas

I don't say anything at all

it. If I cared a smidge about my appearance, I might be jealous of her for that. "The girls who get the letter stay overnight," she says, her expla

ve been examined by a physician afterward, and there's never anything physically wrong w

't like to talk about that sort of thing with her. I swal

r how they got them." She turns and looks at me, her blue eyes piercing.

one hand at her. "That has to be the ki

to think that there are a few different ways it ca

ask with

ains. "Don't ask me, dear. But you should plan on celebrating your b

ats her eyelashes at me pr

reath, I say,

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Contents

Chapter 1 Myths and Magic Chapter 2 It's a Yes for Me Chapter 3 Summoned Chapter 4 Swept Away Chapter 5 Princess or Prisoner Chapter 6 She's the One
Chapter 7 What Do We Do Now
Chapter 8 Change of Plans
Chapter 9 Audience with the King
Chapter 10 Shedding the Light
Chapter 11 He Doesn't Like You
Chapter 12 Letters and Lingo
Chapter 13 Mending Fences
Chapter 14 We Have to Do Something
Chapter 15 Breathless
Chapter 16 Dreaming of Him
Chapter 17 Magical Touch
Chapter 18 With Your Hands
Chapter 19 Luna Hollow
Chapter 20 Taken By a Madman
Chapter 21 Storm the Castle
Chapter 22 Worth Fighting For
Chapter 23 Fight to the Death
Chapter 24 Let's Not Lose Our Heads
Chapter 25 That Fateful Night
Chapter 26 One Final Task
Chapter 27 Not a Dream
Chapter 28 Epilogue
Chapter 29 Princess Maxiana
Chapter 30 King Kael
Chapter 31 To Ebonclaw
Chapter 32 The Curse
Chapter 33 She's a Witch
Chapter 34 The Prisoner
Chapter 35 The Princess Is Something Different
Chapter 36 Visions of the Past
Chapter 37 Deals Among Dragons
Chapter 38 Legend of the Witches
Chapter 39 A Life for a Life
Chapter 40 Say Your Name
Chapter 41 Belladonna
Chapter 42 Not My Problem
Chapter 43 Golden Light
Chapter 44 Protection
Chapter 45 A Trap
Chapter 46 Roses and Smoke
Chapter 47 Am I Awake
Chapter 48 Something More
Chapter 49 After a Long Sleep
Chapter 50 A Royal Wedding
Chapter 51 Honeymoon Heaven
Chapter 52 A Legacy
Chapter 53 Epilogue
Chapter 54 The Tower in the Forest
Chapter 55 The Girl in the Tower
Chapter 56 The Poison in the Jar
Chapter 57 The Wolf in the Man
Chapter 58 The Pup in the Legend
Chapter 59 The Room in the Inn
Chapter 60 The Meadow in the Woods
Chapter 61 The Baby in the Legend
Chapter 62 The Magic in the Hair
Chapter 63 The Friends in the Village
Chapter 64 The Festival on the Birthday
Chapter 65 The Decision of the Council
Chapter 66 The Girl with the Happy Birthday
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