My Dark Beast: a Sleeping Beauty retelling (Wicked Retellings Book 1)

by Olivia Wildenstein

“You’re not some means to an end. You’re my fucking salvation, Calamity.”

“Even though you didn’t choose this connection, Calamity, even though our meetups aren’t all fun and games, spending time with you has reminded me that fun can still be had in this pitiless world.”

“Once I break free, I will hire a designer whose sole purpose in life will be creating footwear for you. He will never produce more than a single pair, and that pair will only ever grace your feet, and once you’re done with them, we’ll burn them so they can never find their way into someone else’s closet.”

“A huge storm hit Boston the day Nick and I got married. I wanted to cancel everything, but my husband convinced me it was a great omen. He said⁠—” “‘A wet knot can never be untied,’” I murmur.

“You inspire my heart to beat, Calamity Darling.”

“She would’ve remembered the feeling. She would’ve known something was amiss.” Lisa sets down the pastry she’d come to fetch when I waylaid her. “When you find that person who makes your heart beat harder and faster and longer than anything in the world, you hold onto them. You cherish them. You never, under any circumstances, cast them away. And if you ever separate, you make that decision together.”