Beauty And The Beast
“Go to bed.”
Aiden lifted his hands in surrender. “Fine.”
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That night, the mansion was quiet. The kind of deep, heavy silence that only came with thick walls and heavy security. Aiden lay on one side of the large bed, staring up at the ceiling while Alexander worked quietly at the desk across the room. The soft glow of the lamp cast long shadows, and for a while, everything felt strangely peaceful. Almost normal.
Until Aiden fell asleep.
And the nightmares came.
Darkness swallowed him whole. Shouting echoed in the distance. The sound of something breaking — glass, maybe furniture. A young Aiden stood trembling in the hallway of his childhood home, small hands pressed over his ears as angr