num_pages: 298
description: I am a prisoner.Born to power the world was my playground. My every wish was a kingdoms command my displeasure every mans worst fear. But then at the whim of a merciless enchantress all was stolen from me. My once lavish castle became my dungeon. My once-handsome form became that of a beast. There is no hope of release from the prison of my own body for the only way to break this curse is to earn the love of another. I who have never felt a drop of compassion must hope to inspire devotion. I who am hideous beyond compare must hope to inspire passion. After hundreds of years I have come to accept the truth: I will never know love. There is no escape for me.I am a prisoner.Born to two loving parents and a happy home I was grateful for my good fortune. Though I was plain and prone to living in my head forced to live in the shadow of my beautiful sisters I had everything my heart desired. Then tragedy struck and I lost my mother and my home. Papa was all I had left in the world and I was utterly devoted to him. When his thoughtful gesture earned him the wrath of a horrible monster I sacrificed myself for the sake of the one person I love. Now I am a prisoner in a decaying castle with only a terrifying beast for companionship. But I am determined not to give in to the beasts wrath to prove to him that he can never truly ensnare me.
language: English
title: The Eye of the Beholder
publisher: NPC Books