[Beauty and the Beast] Rose Castle

"Lambert," I cupped his cheeks and whispered his name, trying to bring him back to his senses.As if he understood my words, he slowly raised his head, his pupils dilated and narrowed, and met my gaze.

I took the opportunity to look at his face carefully.Fortunately, fortunately, animalization is not as severe as five years ago, only the back of the neck, collarbone, and back of the hands are covered with a few black scales.If he turns into a snake-headed monster with lizard hands and feet again... Although my feelings about him will not change, the whole Northland will definitely fall into chaos.

At this time, soft footsteps echoed in the hall.Lambert's ears moved, he let out a low growl, put his arms around my waist, and suddenly rolled under the sofa.As if trying to hide me, he completely covered me, looking indifferently and vigilantly at the source of the sound.

……

I am very grateful for his instinctive protection, but when I heard the sound was the maid's footsteps, I sighed helplessly, patted his back, pressed his head into the socket of his neck, cleared my throat, Asked: "What's the matter?"

The maid's respectful voice sounded: "Your Highness, dinner is ready."

Lambert's head moved back and forth restlessly, and his breath was rushing and scorching on my neck.I almost couldn't hold him down, I broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly said: "Your Majesty is asleep, we will have dinner later."

"Yes." The maid stroked her chest with one hand and stepped back lightly.

Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, in the next second, Lambert suddenly broke free from my restraint, propped himself up, and stared at me from top to bottom, with a low and fierce roar brewing in his throat.I don't know why he is angry... I don't know how much reason he still has left, whether he can understand what I said.

I thought about it, and said tentatively, "I know you want to protect me, and I want to protect you too...but you can't let anyone but me see you like this, understand?"

He became quiet all of a sudden, rolling his eyes, as if he was thinking about the meaning of my words.A few seconds later, the ferocious and terrifying growl disappeared, and his needle-like pupils expanded into a circle, and he raised his chin towards me.

...what does it mean, let me scratch his chin?

I didn't expect that I would see him acting like a baby one day.Seeing that I hadn't moved for a long time, he frowned deeply.If it was Lambert in the past, he would probably growl and urge him, but now he lowered his head and looked at his five slender and elegant fingers, showing a pensive expression.

What does he want to do?

These days, I've been wondering how Lambert has changed.I thought about whether my "death" had a negative impact on his character, and also thought about whether the pressure of ruling a country was too great, so he became so moody... Now that I think about it, his seemingly The abnormal behavior became reasonable when it was replaced by the animalized Lambert.

Look at Beast Lambert again. Compared with him before, he has also changed a lot.In the past, he could only act on instinct, venting his emotions directly, but now he has learned to think and be patient.

At this moment, he suddenly touched my chin with a finger.I froze, and looked up at him.He squinted his eyes and moved his five fingers, as if he was evaluating the flexibility of his fingers, and then gently scratched my chin.

"..."

Is this a deal with me?

what should I do?Scratch back?

I was speechless for a while, but scratched back.He immediately lifted his chin in enjoyment, his eyes were slightly closed, and a contented grunt rolled out of his throat.After a while, his fingers were sore from scratching, and he reluctantly allowed me to let go.I rubbed my fingers and was about to rest for a while when his chin was suddenly pushed up by his knuckles.I shook my head quickly: "Don't scratch me..." Before I finished speaking, a kiss fell heavily on my lips.

It was just a kiss, I didn't stop him, but I didn't expect him to be very involved in the kiss, his hands clasped my shoulders tightly, not allowing me to move a little bit.I finally felt a little scared and backed away, trying to push him away.He gasped twice, looked up at me, the light in his eyes was dazzling.No, very wrong, there is a feeling of being stared at by jackals ambushing in the grass, and I instinctively turned over to run away, but he hugged me tightly, buried his head in my hair, as if he was enduring something, his arms stretched It was as hard as iron, his chest was trembling, and a sharp and dangerous goat's cry came from his throat.

I instantly understood what he wanted to do... Although I don't reject that kind of thing, how is it possible in the current situation!These days, he tried his best to avoid me, didn't he just don't want him to meet me... If in this situation, what happened to him with the beast, just think about his feeling after waking up. Furious, he couldn't help shivering.

If I had known that things would turn out like this, I would never let him fall asleep here.Originally, I wanted to find out what happened to his beast transformation... Forget it, let's escape to a safe place first.

I don’t know if the curse will work for him. I said “sleep” silently in my heart. After 1 minute, instead of falling asleep, his arms around me became tighter and tighter, and the goat-like cry in his throat became more and more sharp. It has attracted the attention of the guards and maids outside.

"Your Highness, is something wrong?"

I turned around and covered Lambert's mouth, tried to calm my emotions, and said as calmly as possible: "It's okay, go out. Don't come in without my order."

"Yes."

The guard and maid held their chests with one hand, bowed their heads and stepped back.

Having spent so long with the beast-like him, I know his temper well, and if I want to get rid of his shackles, I can't force it, I can only do my best to appease his emotions.I took a deep breath and lifted his head.He let out a low growl, his eyes were reddened, his skin was terribly hot, his breathing was hot like coal fire, his Adam's apple was moving eagerly, like a lamb that had been thirsty for more than ten days, almost frantically longing for a meal Rain.I can't help feeling a little distressed, but no matter how distressed I am, I can't condone his nonsense.

Still, it's okay to give him a kiss.I sat up carefully, his throat immediately let out a threatening growl, and his eyes rolled up and down with my movements.I shook my head helplessly, coaxed him softly, and leaned over to kiss his lips.The moment his lips met, he trembled slightly, his eyes were nearly excited scarlet, the lines around his neck were tense, and he repeated the movement of swallowing.

I didn't expect that after falling in love, a kiss could make him react so strongly, I couldn't help but get a headache and how to separate from him later, at this time, my eyes fell on the crystal ball next to the sofa.

The movement must be slow so as not to arouse his vigilance.While responding to his beast-like kiss, I slowly moved to the side of the crystal ball.

Just before my fingers were about to touch the crystal ball, I pushed him away.He was caught off guard and fell to the ground with red eyes, as pitiful as an abandoned little animal.

Resisting the urge to hug him and reassure him, I put my hand on the crystal ball.Almost instantly, they came to the corridor on the second floor.

...Who would have thought that one day, I would refuse Lambert's approach in order not to make him jealous.

As weird as it sounds.

I shook my head, walked into a room, and closed the door behind my back.At the same time, a low growl full of anger and anxiety came from downstairs.I thought it would take a while for him to find my hiding place, but in less than a moment, his footsteps stopped in front of my door.

I saw a flash of blinding white light, the door lock seemed to be corroded by something, and it fell on the rose-colored carpet, "Zizi" scalded a small black charcoal hole.Lambert pushed open the door with one hand and walked in unhurriedly.

……

If it wasn't for his still golden eyes, his calm demeanor, his upright posture, his graceful movements... I almost thought he had returned to normal.

The moment he saw me, a sharp goat cry came from his throat again, and then he rushed over like a preying cheetah.The action was lightning fast, so that I could only see an afterimage, and then I was pinned down by him on the ground.His hands clasped my shoulders firmly like cast iron, and he looked down at me condescendingly. His golden eyes gradually turned red, which was a sign that he was on the verge of losing control.

"Lambert... calm down," I tried to bring him back to his senses, "Calm down..."

He lowered his head, the tip of his nose moved slightly, and leaned in front of me.I don't know what he wants to do, try to relax my body and let him sniff inch by inch.After a long while, the grunting in his throat disappeared, and the sharp goat's cry disappeared, replaced by intermittent syllables: "Well... think..."

It took tens of seconds before I realized that he was talking, but remembering that he had also said something when he turned into a beast before, I relaxed: "What are you thinking about?"

He looked at me, suppressing strong longing, madness and impulsiveness in his eyes, but his eyes were pure and innocent like animals: "Little... Rose... Rose..."

I really miss Little Rose.

I have always regarded him as Lambert's instinct. I never thought that he might be an independent personality, a suppressed nature of Lambert's growth process. Because of the witch's curse, he had the opportunity to control his body.After the curse was broken, he stayed for some reason, gradually affecting Lambert's thinking and behavior.So, is Lambert the reason for his drastic personality change over the years?

There is a question, I can't figure it out, if he is a part of Lambert, why does he keep his bestial appearance?

I didn't speak for a long time, he squinted his eyes, showing exactly the same anxious expression as Lambert, roared in a low voice, and ordered syllable by syllable: "Back... answer... I..."

I was helpless: "Answer what?"

"Say... think... I..." He became more and more anxious, and with his hands, he tore the skirt off.My body froze, and I didn't dare to move for a moment, afraid that if I moved a little, the whole skirt would fall apart.Lambert sniffed the rag in his hand, leaned down with a confused face, and sniffed the skin there carefully.Just when he turned his head to the side, trying to uncover the rest of the fabric, time seemed to be paused, and without knowing what happened, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.I quickly covered my skirt, took a blanket from the sofa, and draped it over my body.After dozens of seconds passed, his hand was released.I saw him close his eyes and rubbed the space between his brows wearily. When he opened his eyes again, his golden pupils had turned into sea-like blue-green.

"You...recovered?" I asked softly.

He glanced at me, then looked away irritably, punched the floor, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

"Don't say I'm sorry...what's going on?"

It may be because he has been doing predation movements in his animal form. His black hair is almost completely soaked, and strands of it hang down in front of his forehead, making the lines of his forehead and the bridge of his nose even sharper.He stood up and unbuttoned two buttons casually, the skin around his neck was also wet and shiny.

"After you came back, I often lost consciousness inexplicably. The witch doctor diagnosed and concluded that 'it' should have disappeared with you, but you survived with a pocket watch, causing 'it' to remain in my body , only to wake up after five years."

"... Has it affected your health?"

"No."

I asked cautiously, "Does 'it' count as part of you?"

Lambert looked at me and smiled slightly: "Little Rose is scared?"

He walked towards me while talking, put one hand on my side, lifted my chin with the other hand, and lowered his voice: "One body, there are two personalities, both want to have you, both are jealous and Repelling the other party, trying to control the body to monopolize you... Did it scare Little Rose?"

When he said this, although his tone was calm, his expression was as uneasy as boiling water, as if he would do something terrible if I nodded and answered yes.If it was before, I might still be afraid if he showed this expression, but now that I have been with him for so long, how could I still be afraid of him.After knocking off his hand, I looked into his eyes and said seriously: "I will never be afraid of you."

He closed his eyes, held my hand, lowered his head and kissed my fingertips: "Little Rose is so nice."

"This... is it possible to recover?" I thought for a while and asked, "Or, is it possible for you to merge with another character?"

"I don't know." When he mentioned this, his voice became extremely cold, "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe he will be this kind of shameless monster who can't stay with his lover all his life."