She beamed up at him and his eyes darkened‘Then you should thank me properly’He whispered nuzzling her neck and raining hot kisses down her shoulders‘I’m sure I can think of something’She reached up and placed her hand trustingly in his letting him lead her over to the huge four-poster bed draped in the pale lilac and blues of the room.Belle was more than willing, she had wanted Sebastian for as long as she could remember and she had been longing for the day she was old enough for him to claim her. Sebastian had to fight to keep control, his Wolf, Adam, growled in his head,‘Mate, take Mate’‘No, no, she is too young Adam, we must be careful, she does not even know who she is yet’He kissed her gently moving down her neck and across her shoulders, he did not attempt to undress her or touch her where he knew she wanted to be touched. He could smell her arousal, feel her desire burning through her veins it was burning through his too but he controlled it, it was not fair to take a

Talon watched her hungrily his fangs glistening as desire burned through his body his dark chuckle was faint but it echoed in her mind,‘You are mine Enchantress’Belle heard him just as she drifted into sleep and a memory buried deep inside her stirred. A few hours later she woke up and daylight streamed through the windows blinking sleepily she turned as Sebastian entered the room,‘Good morning sleepyhead’He grinned placing a tray on the side table and leaning across to kiss her possessively,‘Happy Birthday my beautiful Belle’He handed her a box and inside was a delicate golden bracelet with his initial and her initial on it. She gasped it was intricately carved and studded with tiny emeralds‘To match your eyes’He whispered fastening it to her wrist and kissing her again, she felt desire pouring through her body, Sebastian had waited long enough. Reaching across to the tray he picked up a fat juicy strawberry and offered it to her lips, she bit into the soft flesh and chewed,

Deep inside her the stirring took shape and began to glow a dim blue it was almost time.Talon woke her from a deep sleep just as dusk turned to night and handed her a drink, stupidly, still half asleep she drank deeply before gagging and throwing the goblet across the room,‘No’She screamed but it was too late his blood raced through her veins as he pinned her beneath him,‘Yes my little pet’He hissed and extended his claws with a swoop of his hands her clothes fell from her body in tatters and his eyes glowed red at the sight of her naked.‘My little Beauty’He kissed her lips and licked down her throat hovering over her jugular the sweet scent of her blood pumping through that vein aroused him but he could wait this was more important. He pushed her legs apart and locked his eyes on hers,‘You are mine Enchantress’He thrust into her and she fought him with all her strength, turning her head as his eyes began to swirl with the silver mist,‘No no’She refused to look closing her

The Enchantress lifted her hands and Belle’s eyes glowed brilliantly blue as her Mother and Sebastian’s Ancestors faded into the shadows.Belle read and read, all that day and the next feverishly instinctively knowing this was the key. Her Father chatted to her at dinner,‘Well baby girl, you are eighteen in two days, will you let me spoil you?’She laughed softly,‘There is no need Papa, it’s just another day, don’t make a fuss’He patted her hand,‘Please Belle, there is so much I have to make up for’He begged and she saw the sadness in his eyes,‘No Papa, you were foolish but they took advantage of you, it is in the past and I forgive you. Let us move on, maybe we can move out of this dreary castle to our own little house, I would like that’Gaston forced himself not to respond, it would kill Sebastian if they left, he stood and kissed the top of her head,‘I will think of something’He smiled,‘Goodnight little Beauty, I love you’She smiled back‘I love you to Papa’Belle could

Sleeping Beauty‘Aurora will you please get down from there’The Nanny shook her head, the little Princess would be the death of her she showed no fear as she clambered down the tree branches and beamed up at her,‘Why do you always shout at me for doing that Nanny you never shout at the boys?’She put her little hands on her hips pouting at the unfairness and Nanny crouched down to her height,‘I’m sorry Aurora but there is your answer, you are a girl, and as such your parents would like you to act like one’She tried to explain but the little girl huffed angrily,‘Then I won’t be a girl it's boring and no fun at all. Why do boys get to have all the fun? It's not fair!’She stamped her little foot as the Nanny took her hand hiding a smile, Aurora was a dainty, ash-blonde, blue-eyed beauty who looked like an angel and could not have been more feminine if she tried. Even as she led her back into the palace to clean her up she wore a pretty blue dress that was currently tucked into her