Page 1 of The Beast Between Us

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Prologue One

Ella

Hello. My name is Ella.

And this… this is the story of how I met a monster.

Now, I know how that sounds. But I promise, it’s not what you think.

I didn’t ask to come here.

But once I arrived, leaving wasn’t really an option.

Not that he tried to stop me. He barely even looked at me.

At first.

He kept to the shadows.

Spoke like the words cost him something.

Watched me like I might break. Or worse, breakhim.

They call him Beast.

But there’s something else behind those eyes. Somethingaching.

I probably should have been afraid.

But the truth?

I've never felt more at home.

I never ran in fear of the Beast.

I was runningfromsomething else entirely.

And maybe… maybe that’s what he saw in me. A reflection.

Because Thorne may look like a monster, but he wasn’t the monster I was afraid of.

Anyway, I’ll let you decide what that makes me.

All I know is this isn’t a fairy tale about a girl saving a beast.

It’s about two broken souls trying not to drown in the dark.

Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?

Once upon a time…

Prologue Two

Thorne

They used to love me.

That’s the part that haunts me the most.

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