The Forest of Dark Delights
By James Cox
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After the beast became human, Belle turned into the animal.
We all know the story. The dangerous and ugly Beast finds his true love in Belle, and after a horrific fight with Gaston, the beast is finally transformed back into a man. But what happens after that?
It’s almost two years later, and Belle is no longer the sweet woman the Beast fell in love with. She sweeps into towns with her ruthless army to pillage every book she can find and add it to her library. Beast is lonely, saddened by the lover he can’t understand, but then an old enemy returns to the castle.
Gaston is not the man he used to be. He made a promise to himself when he survived that fall, broken but alive. He’d make his amends to the beast, someway, somehow.
When at last Gaston and Beast start a forbidden romance, the evil that is Belle returns to the castle...
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The Forest of Dark Delights - James Cox
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Copyright© 2017 James Cox
ISBN: 978-1-77339-469-5
Cover Artist: Jay Aheer
Editor: Karyn White
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This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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For my sexy, dirty, perverted, cock loving readers. We're peas in a pod. Enjoy!
I cannot thank Evernight Publishing enough! They always have my back and in the publishing world, that means a great deal. Here's to a new series!
THE FOREST OF DARK DELIGHTS
A Cox Fairytale, 1
James Cox
Copyright © 2017
Prologue
The sun set on a beautiful town just beside a large, shadow-filled forest. Gaston was the sexiest man in said small town. He met an equally stunning woman that always had her face in a book, Belle. At first Gaston found it endearing, and he expected her to accept his marriage proposal. He was rich, so why wouldn’t a woman want to accept?
But Belle did reject him.
She found herself in love with another man. Not a man. A beast. One that lived in the deepest, darkest shadows of the forest. No one rejected Gaston. No one. In a rage, he lied to the other villagers about a beast that hunted them from afar. With torches and pitchforks they trampled through the brush, and deep in the dark forest they found the beast’s lair. A castle of all things, furnished with odd creatures that talked and fought back. Gaston hadn’t expected the battle to be so hard. But he had no quarrel with the cursed beings inside the dusty castle. It was their master he would destroy.
When Gaston confronted the beast high in that tower, he was overwhelmed with jealousy. The moment his foot slipped and he tilted, unable to catch his balance … it was as if the envy had been snuffed out. By then it was already too late for him. He fell.
And fell.
And fell.
But Gaston did not die.
It was a tree branch that hit his flailing limbs instead of the ground. Then another and another until he landed with a roll on the hard ground. Both his body and spirit were broken as he lay there. That had been his first miracle, surviving that fall. The second was that the wolves notorious for this area weren’t drawn to his blood. He would die slowly but in peace. The third miracle came nearly an hour later, when Lefou ran past him fleeing the castle. That man was a bug beneath Gaston’s shoe all these years but loyal no matter how badly he was treated. Lefou had followed him like a puppy, unconcerned with his own safety. The man considered them friends, maybe even brothers, but Gaston hadn’t bothered to even learn Lefou’s last name.
I’m so sorry, my friend.
Gaston repeated the words over and over.
I’ve got you.
Lefou smiled, showing dirty and broken teeth. He dragged the injured man as best he could. Gaston was nearly three times the size of such a short man who spent most of his day figuring out finances.
I’m so sorry,
Gaston muttered again and again as Lefou hauled him further from the smoking castle. The forest closed in around them. He’d always found this place mysterious and dangerous yet beautiful. Now, it was ominous. The shadows held sounds that made his skin prickle. Leave me. Leave me, Lefou, and run.
Loyalty should have been his middle name.
He remained with Gaston, using all his strength to slide him along the hard forest floor inch by inch. The growls came soon after. It seemed the wolves would find them despite the earlier hope. Gaston closed his eyes as one grabbed his leg. Those fangs bit into his flesh, gouging deeper. A scream ripped from Gaston’s throat like the wolf ripped at his skin. He slapped at the creature with his hands, but it was useless. His body was too broken.
Lefou, brave man that he was, ran at the wolf. The crazy bastard actually screamed and attacked. How had he gathered so much bravery? They started a battle of growls and retreats. By the end, Lefou had lost two fingers, and when another wolf arrived, he was tackled.
Gaston couldn’t watch.
He rolled over and crawled as best he could, his fingers digging into the soil. His one functioning leg pushed against trees and any purchase he could find. He was breathless as he tumbled down a small hill covered with mud. The stuff coated him thoroughly as he skidded to a stop at the bottom. Using giant handfuls, he scraped whatever mud he could reach onto his bleeding flesh. When the first growl rang out Gaston lowered to the ground and closed his eyes. The wolves were now full, from eating Lefou, a terrible fact that would ultimately save Gaston’s life. They were lazy, and the mud covered up most of his scent.
Soon, Gaston was alone again with the dark forest alive around him.
He didn’t know how much time passed. Rain started to fall. Gaston kept crawling, dragging himself through the forest like a giant snail. When he pulled himself through the edge of trees and saw the wide farmland that led to the village a smile lingered on his lips. It wasn’t long until a