The Tale of Two Beasts
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The Tale of Two Beasts
Two sisters. One promise. And a darkness that will test the very meaning of love.
Tessa Corren was born with magic she cannot always control. Her twin sister, Sera, was born with the power to contain it.
When they were children, Sera made a promise:
“I'll always be here. I'll always protect you.”
For years, that promise was their salvation. But as Tessa grows into a gifted illusionist, she longs for something her sister cannot give her: the freedom to live without being protected.
Then comes Alden, a battle-scarred Warden who sees beyond Tessa's dangerous magic to the woman beneath it. Together, they discover a love neither expected - and a future neither can afford to lose.
But something ancient is stirring in the shadows of Tessa's fractured power. Something patient. Something that knows how to turn love into fear, sacrifice into obsession, and the strongest promises into chains.
As an unseen enemy closes in, Tessa must fight for the one thing no one else can give her: the right to decide who she truly is.
Because sometimes the greatest monster isn't the beast that threatens you.
It's the love that refuses to let you go.
THE TALE OF TWO BEASTS is a sweeping dark fantasy of forbidden choices, haunting magic, enduring romance, and the devastating line between protecting someone and possessing them.
Tessa Corren was born with magic she cannot always control. Her twin sister, Sera, was born with the power to contain it.
When they were children, Sera made a promise:
“I'll always be here. I'll always protect you.”
For years, that promise was their salvation. But as Tessa grows into a gifted illusionist, she longs for something her sister cannot give her: the freedom to live without being protected.
Then comes Alden, a battle-scarred Warden who sees beyond Tessa's dangerous magic to the woman beneath it. Together, they discover a love neither expected - and a future neither can afford to lose.
But something ancient is stirring in the shadows of Tessa's fractured power. Something patient. Something that knows how to turn love into fear, sacrifice into obsession, and the strongest promises into chains.
As an unseen enemy closes in, Tessa must fight for the one thing no one else can give her: the right to decide who she truly is.
Because sometimes the greatest monster isn't the beast that threatens you.
It's the love that refuses to let you go.
THE TALE OF TWO BEASTS is a sweeping dark fantasy of forbidden choices, haunting magic, enduring romance, and the devastating line between protecting someone and possessing them.
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## The Truth Behind the Fantasy
There is one thread that connects every story Richard Scorpio has ever written, regardless of its setting, characters, or genre.
**Every story begins with something real.**
Behind the magic, the monsters, the impossible journeys, and the imagined kingdoms are fragments of a life actually lived. Some are born from extraordinary moments of love and happiness. Others emerge from confusion, heartbreak, loss, and experiences for which ordinary words never seemed quite enough.
For Richard, fantasy has always been more than an escape from reality. It is a way of expressing it.
Real life rarely provides the clarity of a well-written story. Love can be complicated. People can be both wonderful and deeply flawed. Tragedy can arrive without warning, leaving questions that have no satisfying answers. And sometimes the emotions we carry are simply too enormous to describe within the boundaries of the everyday world.
Fantasy removes those boundaries.
A devastating illness can become an ancient, relentless evil. A struggle to protect someone we love can become a battle against impossible odds. Confusion and betrayal can take the form of magic, while tenderness, devotion, and sacrifice can transform ordinary people into extraordinary heroes.
The worlds may be imaginary, but **the emotions behind them are never invented.**
This philosophy runs through all of Richard's fiction, from *ASH: The Last Hunt* and *Unbound* to *The Tale of Two Beasts*, one of his most deeply personal works.
His novels are not literal retellings of his life. Rather, they are reflections of the experiences that shaped it, transformed through imagination into stories others can enter, explore, and perhaps recognize something of themselves within.
For Richard, writing is a way to make sense of the inexplicable, preserve moments that matter, and give form to feelings that might otherwise remain unspoken.
**Because sometimes the most truthful way to tell a real story is to disguise it as fantasy.**
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