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    Beauty Of The Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part B: Serviatrix's Flight And Shadows Revealed
    Beauty Of The Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part B: Serviatrix's Flight And Shadows Revealed
    Beauty Of The Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part B: Serviatrix's Flight And Shadows Revealed
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    Beauty Of The Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part B: Serviatrix's Flight And Shadows Revealed

    By Kristie Lynn Higgins

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    Type: novella and the word count is about 42,900 words.
    A new approach to the classic fairy tale. The story of Beauty and the Beast with a twist. What if the woman was the one turned into the creature?

    A realm of adventure and peril mingled with romance, friendship, and sword and sorcery. Join Pluck in this novella series as she travels through a strange land of danger and intrigue as she finds allies and foes alike in her search to lift her monstrous curse. Begin this action-adventure epic dark fantasy series by reading the first book, Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A: The Flower, The Sword, and The Kiss. A story like Beauty and the Beast but with more action and menacing darkness.

    In the fifth story, Pluck finds that's she's trapped underground with Kabal with no way out and she desperately searching for a way to return to Votar.

    Beauty Of The Beast Epic Dark Fantasy Action Adventure Sword and Sorcery Novella Series:
    0. Beauty of the Beast Mystic Rose Prequel: Alba
    1. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A: The Flower, The Sword, And The Kiss
    2. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part B: A Vow Of Love And The Challenge
    3. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part C: Hearts Betrayed And Blood Revealed
    4. Beauty of the Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part A: Serviatrix's Plight

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKristie Lynn Higgins
    Release dateDec 25, 2015
    ISBN9781310515422
    Beauty Of The Beast #2 Daughter Of A King: Part B: Serviatrix's Flight And Shadows Revealed
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      Beauty Of The Beast #2 Daughter Of A King - Kristie Lynn Higgins

      Beauty of the Beast #2

      Daughter Of A King

      Part B

      Serviatrix's Flight

      And Shadows Revealed

      Kristie Lynn Higgins

      Text Copyright © 2015, 2017 by Kristie Lynn Higgins

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      Start One Of These Series

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      Chapter One

      Waking To..?

      A putrid-sweet smell woke Pluck, and she found herself lying face down. She turned on her side and looked all around, confused about where she was. It was dark with sphere-shaped balls in small clusters lighting up an area here and there in their green glow. She tried to move again, but her body wouldn't obey her, and she felt very heavy. Her memory slowly returned, and Pluck remembered falling into a hole, then it sealed over her like a cavern, and trapped her. The details were still fuzzy in her mind, so she decided not to worry about it and focus on her current situation. She managed to roll on her other side and see that she wasn't alone. Two other figures were there some distance from her. More of her memory returned, and Pluck realized the others with her must be Duchess Kabal and the Femor Aviatrix named GuideMa. They and a DraKa fell into the hole along with a few of Gamemnon's guards. The DraKa and the guards perished, and GuideMa was injured. Pluck also remembered a giant worm, but nothing beyond it coming after them and them running for the DraKa for cover.

      She tried to move again and wondered if the hole had collapsed further with the weight of the worm. Pluck couldn't see the others all that well for objects, including the glowing spheres blocked her view. She tried to speak, and those muscles also refused to listen to her. Pluck couldn't believe how tired she was and closed her eyes for a few mites. She opened them again when she heard a noise coming from above, but then Pluck found she couldn't keep them open and fell back into unconsciousness. She wasn't sure how much time went by before...

      Is anyone down there? Is anyone down there? a voice called out louder and louder.

      She woke once more, thinking she imagined hearing the voice. She started to go back to sleep when she heard them speak again.

      Is anyone down there?

      Here, she rasped out. She knew she didn't say it loud enough, so Pluck strained and yelled, We're here!

      A boulder lifted from the ceiling above and some distance away from her, and then it returned to its spot as if whoever tried to remove it couldn't keep it from falling back into its original place. The boulder lifted again and moved to the side as dirt fell in from the opening. She heard the voices of males at work and realized someone was digging them out. Relief poured over her. They wouldn't die in this natural grave. They were saved!

      Mites went by as Pluck thought about all the possible people who could have come to their rescue. Gamemnon and his men were the only ones who knew where they were, and if it was Gamemnon, this was no rescue but a recapture, and she would soon be put to death.

      A second boulder moved to the side, opening another hole, and two beams of light shown into the area. A figure jumped down into the darkness from the hole farthest away from her. The figure kicked up what appeared to be dust and sand, and then he searched the area where sunlight broke in. The figure didn't see her at first, but then he spotted her, and he moved toward her like a hungry Desert Wolf on the prowl, coming out of his burrow with red eyes all aglow. The figure moved into the sunlight of the hole he had just jumped down from. Pluck was still exhausted and forced herself to peer at him. It was hard to focus, and she couldn't see all that clearly, but she made out a blond Necrom of stature similar to Gamemnon's before he disappeared into the darkness between the two beams of light. She hadn't been rescued, she had been doomed. Gamemnon crept closer in what appeared to be taunting steps. He kept moving towards her ever so deliberately and bogged down by murderous intent. Gamemnon took his time, tormenting her with his slow approach to tantalize fear within her of a demise she couldn't avoid. He started to walk under the second hole, and sunlight reflected off his fur and hair. Whomever this Necrom was, he wasn't Gamemnon. Her heart thundered in her chest as she took a second look before he left the last beam of light. This Necrom didn't have fur of blond but of black, and his hair was platinum. The Necrom crawled through debris towards her and no longer appeared to be on the prowl or taunting her. He was on a mission, and the mission appeared to be to save her.

      The Necrom reached her side and took her hand, and at that point, Pluck realized who he was, and she questioned, Votar? How did you find us?

      Do not strain yourself, he told her. You're badly wounded.

      I can barely move my body, she replied. I'll need assistance getting out. Pluck looked behind him, expecting others to jump down from the holes but none did. She turned her attention back to Votar and asked him, Is your sister fine? I haven't heard from her. I'm afraid she may be hurt.

      He lifted his gaze, looking behind himself, and then he turned back and told her, We need to worry about you first. Are you hurt anywhere?

      I don't believe so, though my body does feel very heavy, Pluck replied.

      Votar positioned himself, so he could take her in his strong arms, and then he cradled her in a loving embrace as he told her, Everything will be fine. I am here.

      What about your sister? Pluck repeated as exhaustion continued to plague her. Can you tell if she's all right?

      She is fine, Votar told her. Let us worry about you. He lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it, and then he told her, I was so worried about you. You left before we could finish our talk.

      I didn't leave on my own accord. Gamemnon forced me to go with him and then he...

      Let us not worry about him for the moment. He will be dealt with, but first... Votar gripped the hand he had kissed in his warm grasp, and then he said, Let me look at you. I must know if you have any injuries.

      He positioned himself so that he could sit her up in one of his arms while he examined her with his other hand. Votar checked her arms, feeling over bone, then he moved to her legs and did the same, and then he faced her again, peering deep into her eyes. He moved his hand to the side of her cheek and embraced it with his palm. Votar did so with great tenderness, and Pluck was moved by his care so much so that she slowly lifted her hand and placed it on his forearm.

      Votar peered at her for some time with this loving look. It reminded Pluck of the time they spent on the Cascade Terrace watching the Aqua Falls before he knew that she was a Woman. Pluck wished with all her heart to stay in his tender hold forever, but she couldn't see how that could be possible.

      He told her, I should have never voted against you during the trial. I am greatly ashamed of my actions.

      You're here now, and that's what is important, she told him.

      I should have never let you go.

      It is fine, Pluck said. I was not upfront with who I was. I'm also to blame for how things turned out. We can talk about this later once we take your sister to safety, and I must also warn you about Gamemnon.

      Don't worry about anyone else. It's you who I came to save and you only that I care about at this moment. He stroked the side of her face as he questioned her, Do you remember the first time I took you out to the Cascade Falls?

      I was just thinking about that.

      "Do you remember when I questioned you, How do the moons know they love the night? he asked as he leaned into her. Do you know how much I wanted to kiss you back then?"

      She shook her head, wondering if it was as much as she wanted to embrace him with her lips.

      I wanted to kiss you so much that my heart burned. My heart still burns now. I want to kiss you. I want you to feel my love for you.

      He said nothing more and leaned his head down to her to press his lips to hers. Pluck's heart thundered in her chest as desire and fear mingled within her soul. She loved Votar, she could admit that now, but what if she reverted back to her human form? Would his love for her turn to revulsion?

      Votar leaned closer, and Pluck decided to take a chance on love, so she closed her eyes and reached up to him, and they pressed their lips together. Rivers of emotions swept over her, and she didn't know which one to embrace first. She thought this moment would be beyond words, but... something wasn't right. His lips... they were... They were wet and cold just as his embrace was. Pluck opened her eyes and woke to a cavern as another cold droplet of water splashed on her lips. She searched the area for Votar, but he was nowhere in sight. Pluck looked up, searching for the openings in the ceiling, but there were none. It had all been a dream. She hadn't been saved, and Votar never declared his love for her. She didn't know what pained her more, the knowledge that they hadn't been rescued or that Votar had never kissed her.

      Pluck slowly sat up as her entire body screamed in pain. She knew that they were still in danger, and she had to act if she wanted to free them of their earthly prison. Thousands of glowing spheres filled the area and gave light to the dark cavern. Kabal lay on a bed of spheres, not that far from her, and Pluck sluggishly moved over to her. She examined her but didn't see any injuries other than the ones she sustained before the fall. Pluck shook her shoulder, but the Duchess slept on. She shook her shoulder again, and Kabal never stirred. Pluck remember how Kabal had treated her and that she would have allowed Gamemnon to kill her unchallenged, so Pluck lifted her hand and smack Kabal across the cheek.

      The power of the glowing spheres also seized Kabal, and she dreamed of a land like her own but filled with Man. Everywhere she turned one of their vile kind stood, and at first, Kabal was terrified until she realized none of them could see her. She wondered if she had died and gone to the Creator's Realm, but the more she thought about it, Kabal considered she may have been dragged down into the Domain of the Deceiver.

      The people around her moved about their daily lives, but Kabal was restricted in her movements and couldn't change her location. An unknown force did move her, and it took her to a place where a young female played with a doll on a pew inside what looked like a church.

      The young female told the doll, "Hello, my name is Alba, and I'll be your mommy. I know what it's like to have no

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