Beauty Loves the Beast by Robyn Peterman

Author:Robyn Peterman [Peterman, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robyn Peterman

8

Georgia

Waiting for the results was excruciating. Carter had gone off with Caleb after they’d taken me to a beautiful guest room to shower and change clothes. Nancy was my size and had loaned me a pretty floral sundress that floated around me, along with some fabulous jeweled sandals. Looking in the mirror, I felt like a girl without a care in the world. My eyes appeared bright and my hair was clean and silky. It was a true luxury and I felt like a princess. All of it was a lie of course, but I wanted to hold on to the fantasy for as long as I could.

Wearing a spaghetti-strap dress wasn’t something I ever thought I’d do again, but these amazing people had scars of their own and mine didn’t scare or repulse them. The marks on Nancy’s back had horrified me and made me want to hurt the people who had done it to her. They were old scars that I was fairly sure had been burned into her skin by her parents, from the little Carter had shared and Caleb’s reaction. For the first time, I was grateful I’d simply been ignored by my parents. I’d wanted to ask Nancy more but would wait until she chose to tell me.

However, it really didn’t matter if she ever did. Nancy had made her point. What hadn’t killed her made her stronger. She’d become a doctor—the exact opposite of someone who causes harm.

If I got out of this shit show alive, would I be able to turn my pain into something good? Could I become something whole or would I forever be broken?

“You didn’t infect Carter,” Nancy announced, walking into the room and sitting down on the bed.

Relief made my knees buckle. I dropped onto a chair so I didn’t hit the floor like a sack of potatoes.

“Are you sure?” I asked, feeling light-headed and wildly grateful for at least one small favor in the enormous mess I’d made.

She nodded and spread her notes on the bed. “That’s not the way it works. He’d have to be injected like you were. The surgeries and drugs they forced on you are what changed your DNA. Honestly, I’m not sure how you survived it.”

“I’m not sure it’s a good thing I did,” I muttered as my mind raced with memories of being strapped to a table and begging for my life. Behind my closed eyes, all I could see were needles and blood. My fury at my situation was compounded by the fact that I would give anything to be a normal girl even for just one day.

My fangs involuntarily dropped and my claws popped out from my fingertips.

“Oh God no,” I gasped out, turning away and trying to hide my fucked-up deformities.

“No,” Nancy said harshly. “Don’t hide from me. Ever. This is not your fault. It’s simply a fact and you need to accept it. Relax and visualize what you want to happen right now.”

Breathing in slowly through my nose and letting the air escape just as slowly through my mouth, I calmed myself.

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