![]() ![]() He vehemently stalls Knife's attempt to excuse his behavior. Be All My Sins Remembered: Aerie-Smith realizes that his arrogance led him to kiss an elf against her will and indirectly caused his subjects' terrible predicament.Attempted Rape: By a visiting sailor, on Knife.100% Adoration Rating: Aerie-Smith, at least among his subjects. ![]() While living on the island, Knife and Aerie-Smith fall in love, and Knife begins to dread performing the "regrettable" task that will return life to normal. Once in reach of the island's spell, Knife himself transforms, not into a beast, but into a beautiful, healthy young man who reflects his inner self. In exchange for a year of company, not intended to be sexual, and "one regrettable task" at its end, he'll give Knife's sister the money she needs to marry her beloved and move out of the family's miserable fishing village. The cursed nobleman Aerie-Smith, believing that he needs a pure-hearted man to reverse the spell that's turned him and the people he rules into partial or full animals, finds crippled woodworker Naef (better known as Knife) on a northern island and brings him home. Truth in the Dark, a novel by Amy Lane, is an exploration of the beauty and the beast fable, with a couple of twists: first, the lovers are gay and second, the "beauty" is actually homely, clubfooted, and embittered by his miserable life. ![]()
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