"Cruel, beautiful thing," she whispered, staring at the inarticulate beauty of the man standing before the crowd of students.
He was indeed everything that any girl would want, but she knew, deep down he was nothing but an endless abyss.
All men were.
The scars her face had been devoured by could attest to that. Her bottomless misery could affirm that. Her soul-less eyes could confirm that.
She couldn't stay long.
But she would let herself dream. Dream that for just a moment, that inarticulate beauty standing at that dais would stare at no one but her when the word beautiful entered his mind.
She reveled in it for one entire second.
The image was fleeting. Of course, it was a completely stupid idea.
The silent plea for recognition her unhappy heart searched for. She immediately crushed that desire.
For who could ever deem a beast, a beauty?
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RomanceShe was lonely, scarred and in love with a prince. He was everything she would never have. And yet, one day fate decided that they were to cross paths. And boy, did it have one hell of a plan in mind. ❝It takes a beauty, to tame a beast.❞ Goal: 10K...