Chapter Twenty Three

Reading Next to the Fire

(Beast POV)

"Look Master!" Rose said as she found something interesting in yet another book from the library.

It has been two weeks since I showed Rose this room, and ever since then it become a daily thing that we would come into the Library and read. She would choose the book, then she would read it out loud until she either fell asleep, or announced that she was going to bed because it was late. I would always chuckle though, because she would go to bed so late because she wanted to finish the chapter, page, section, anything.

Actually, ever since I showed Rose this room, we somehow have gotten closer than I would have ever imagined. We ate tighter during dinner, we went outside to either play with snowballs again, or we just found something else that we hadn't done yet.

But now, we had just finished dinner and Rose insisted that we got to the Library right away. I didn't mind though, anything she wanted to do, I would want to do it too.

"This one tells about a dragon who had all the treasures from kingdoms all over the country but he never spent it, he just hoarded it until a hero came to slay the dragon and gave it all of the money to the poor villagers who didn't have enough to buy food."

I smiled. I enjoyed when Rose told me her stories about the books she liked, it reminded me of when me and her sat at the village fountain and read a story we both liked.

"Master?" she said shyly, "is it okay if I read with you?" For some reason, she always blushed every time she asked if she could read with me. Even though we had been doing it for a while.

She was now standing beside me, he eyes downcast and a blush creeping up on her face. I nodded and led her over to the fireplace that was lit in the giant library. She found a book she wanted and walked over to me. Not even looking at the title, I already knew that the book that she chose was in the village book store. I personally went to the book owner and bought it for her after the first day I met her. I wanted to give it to her as a gift but I didn't know that after that day I was to stay a beast all day and night.

"What book did you find this time?" She didn't even have to look at the book.

"It's called 'The Silver Heart'; I used to read this book in the village all the time." I nodded, just as I guessed. "What's it about?"