When Ivetta takes a job as a maid at the palace, she ends up in the employ of Prince Chevalier Michel. There’s more to the Brutal Beast than meets the eye, and an unlikely romance blossoms.

All Ivetta wants is a steady paycheck and consistent hours. Her mother’s health is failing fast, and she has to earn enough money to keep paying the mounting doctor's bills. Getting a job as a palace maid seems like the answer she needs, even if she has a long commute.

Prince Chevalier, the Second Prince of Rhodolite, has a reputation for being a cruel, heartless monster. If it weren’t for her circumstances, Ivetta would have quit after the first day.

She never expects him to come to her rescue when disaster strikes.

Suddenly, he’s the only person with whom she truly feels safe, allowing the roots of an unlikely and impossible romance to take hold. Threats force them closer together, and the mysteries of the past come to bear. A glimmer of hope for a brighter future blossoms in the darkness.

Maybe, on the other side of pain and heartbreak, is the fairytale ending Ivetta never dreamed was possible.

Tales of Feathers and Flora

00: A World of Feathers and Flora

0: A Swan’s Tale

1: A Dove’s Tale

2: A Beast's Tale

3: A Warped Tale

4: A Conqueror’s Tale

5: A Bouquet of Tales

This is a fan-blind, standalone fanfiction, meaning no prior knowledge of the game or any of the above books is required to understand and enjoy this story.

A Dove’s Tale

Act 1: The Maid

Act 2: The Intermission

Act 3: The Princess

Act 4: The Queen

Content/Trigger Warnings

None of my stories contain profanity or explicit sexual content, but this book contains mature themes and content. I’ve compiled what I hope is a comprehensive list and am happy to answer questions about it. Heavy and potentially triggering content within this book includes depictions and/or mentions of:

- Abuse and Relationships: arranged marriage, child abuse, emotional abuse, infidelity, physical abuse, verbal abuse

- Alcohol and Drugs: alcohol consumption, drugging, prescription drug use

- Animal Death and Cruelty: animal death, butchering

- Blood, Injury, and Medical: blood & gore, chronic illness & pain, dead bodies, dismemberment, life-changing injury, loss of autonomy, medical treatment, physical illness & injuries, scars, terminal illness, weight loss

- Death and Loss: death, death of a loved one, grief & loss

- Hate, Discrimination, and Oppression: classism, homelessness, misogyny & sexism, poverty, refugee experiences, slavery, slut-shaming, workplace harassment, xenophobia

- Mental Health and Suicide: anxiety & panic attacks, attempted suicide & suicide, cutting & self-harm, depression, eating disorders, intrusive thoughts, nightmares, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders, suicidal ideation, trauma

- Pregnancy and Childbirth: breastfeeding, childbirth, involuntary pregnancy, miscarriage, pregnancy, teen pregnancy

- Sex and Sexual Violence (non-explicit): attempted rape & rape, ephebophilia & pedophilia, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual references, sexual predator, sex work, sex-worker shaming

- Violence and Crime: abduction, attempted murder & murder, blackmail, captivity & confinement, disappearance of a loved one, explosions, home invasion, hostage situation, incarceration & imprisonment, knives, murder, physical assault, poisoning, stalking, swords, torture, whipping

- War and Genocide: massacres, military deployment & service, military violence & war themes

Estimated Reading Times

Act 1: The Maid (14 hours, 44 minutes)

Act 2: The Intermission (4 hours, 53 minutes)

Act 3: The Princess (11 hours, 57 minutes)

Act 4: The Queen (7 hours, 29 minutes)

Credits

Based on the otome game Ikémen Prince: Beauty and Her Beast. Character images come from the game. All other graphics created by me using Canva unless otherwise cited.

And a little reminder…

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