He met her in school and she seemed like every other girl. However, when he found out about 'the agreement' he was shocked. Can he do something about it?
She writes. She plays an instrument. She sings. She dances. (If you really must know, her bedtime talents are more than adequate as well.) So what's left? Finding a reason.
Shelly decides she'll give the cute older man the time of his life, and ends up having quite a time of it herself. Shelly is savored, every inch of her, like candy by a man with a refined sweet tooth.
The tragic loss of a man's wife through childbirth turns into treasures when her advanced planning for her husband and child leads him to two new lovers.
Every seven years, a woman is sent into the labyrinth. None return. This time, the sacrifice is a defiant priestess who discovers the beast is not what he seems—and that her own beast is waiting to be freed.