The Last Petal: Beauty’s Curse
He became human again. She didn’t.
When the Beast’s last petal fell, Belle kissed him, and the curse broke — or so they thought. He became a man again, handsome but hollow. The servants awoke from their enchantments. The castle brightened.
But Belle never smiled again.
Each morning, she found another rose blooming in her bed — wet with dew that smelled faintly of blood. The petals followed her like ghosts. At first she thought it was magic residue. Then she noticed something worse: every time she plucked one, her reflection in the mirror changed — a little furrier, a little less human.
By the time spring came, her voice growled when she spoke. The villagers whispered that she wandered the gardens at night, clawing at the walls, begging the roses to stop blooming.
In the end, when the Beast found her again, he no longer recognized her. She looked at him with golden eyes and whispered, “You were cured. I was chosen.”
The curse hadn’t lifted. It had moved.
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