The Blood of the Rose — Belle’s Last Experiment
She wanted to understand the curse. So she tried to recreate it.
Years after the Beast’s death, Queen Belle began studying alchemy. She believed love and transformation were two sides of the same spell. Her greatest project? The rose that once cursed him.
She found a way to keep it alive — by feeding it drops of her blood. Over the years, the rose began to grow roots that reached for her wrists at night. Servants heard her whisper, “Just one more petal…”
When she died, they found her body entangled in vines, the rose blooming from her chest — perfectly red.
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