Chapter One

Everyone stared at her appearance.

She was a monster, a young woman with no beauty left within her. After a terrible accident, Desiree Murray is left with a terrible scar on the right side of her face, resulting with her being shunned by everyone, including her own family. This leaves her to wallow in her own misery, afraid of trust and the world around her.

But when a kind, handsome man by the name of Elliot Reid asks to work at her bookstore, she soon learns that acceptance and love isn't at all about outward beauty, but for the beauty within.

{This is for the Once Upon Now, Just Write It contest! I'm sure you guys can guess what fairy tale this is based off of.}