Belladonna & the Beast| A Beauty and the Beast Retelling| 18+|
21 parts Ongoing Mature"They fear the 'monster' who watches them, but I fear that he is the only one who truly sees me."
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Eros Valentino Selvaggi
They call him "Il Bestio"--the Beast.
No one has heard his voice. Few have seen pictures of the model-like face before. No one has seen a mirror in his home. Eros Selvaggi--scarred by betrayal--both physically and mentally. Everything was taken from him when he let someone get too close, so now, very few do. Isabella was a repayment for her father's idiotic mistake. Just a repayment. Just a burden. Until she wasn't. Isabella calms his beast; she brings out the human who was always there, and now he's not sure he can ever let her go.
Isabella Maria Belmonte
They call her "La Belladonna"--beautiful, poisonous, and untouchable until she wasn't.
She was raised in diamonds coated in blood, but Isa hated the life as a Mexican Cartel Princess. She buried herself in beauty pageants to hide from her family's violent nature. Her father would never make her marry Il Bestio for his own life, he would never let her do that, but she feels at fault, and can't let her father take the fall; even if it means moving to New York, nd marrying into La Cosa Nostra. To the Don--the Beast. As time goes on, and many failed escape attempts, she realizes that behind the anger issues, Eros is just a person. A less-than-nice person, but a person nonetheless, and she's not sure she wants to leave anymore.
This is a dark romance Beauty and the Beast retelling.