“Indeed, it is far more than I have ever owned for myself.”
“Excellent,” said The Beast, though his tone failed to convey any enthusiasm. His nose was little more than a shallow ripple in his face, his nostrils rough punctures from a blunt spike. Marguerite regrets that she is unable to fill her role in entertaining you as a suitor, but as the rose my father picked was a gift for myself, sir, it seemed only fair that I should come in her stead. His mouth was thin-lipped and unnaturally wide, the area around it protruding slightly in the suggestion of a muzzle. Marguerite regrets that she is unable to fill her role in entertaining you as a suitor, but as the rose my father picked was a gift for myself, sir, it seemed only fair that I should come in her stead.
