This human I’m saddled with is… happy. Cheerful, even. She likes to sing to the cat. Kill me now. A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me. Ruined me. Made me look like a monster. I’m a shadow of the man I once was. I want to be left alone. Instead… there’s Bella. Bella, who sings when she’s happy. Who likes to talk. Who is kind to me… even when I don’t deserve it. She drives me crazy. And yet… I can’t stop thinking of her. Of touching her. Of making her mine. But when an enemy reemerges from Bella’s past, I can no longer stay hidden. And when they threaten her? They’ll discover why I’m called the Beast.