Chiara Bracale – illustratör

What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? Belle longs to escape her provincial town to find adventure, but her father won't leave. He's waiting for her mother to return - a mother Belle can't remember. But when Belle's father is taken prisoner by a terrifying Beast, she offers to take his place to save his life. Belle finds the Beast's enchanted rose, and when she touches it, images flood her mind with memories of the mother she believed she would never see again. Stranger still, she sees that her mother is none other than the Enchantress who cursed the castle and all its inhabitants. Shocked and confused, Belle and the Beast must work together to unravel a dark mystery about their families.

After a vision reveals that the mother she'd forgotten was the enchantress that cursed the Beast and his servants, Belle and the Beast must work together to solve the dark mystery surrounding their families and track down her missing mother. As Belle and the Beast work side by side to put together the clues they have, they begin to get closer to one another... But will they be too late to lift the curse?

Part one of an engrossing manga adaptation of the bestselling Twisted Tale novel As Old As Time, featuring a twist on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast.What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast?When Belle touches the Beast's enchanted rose, memories flood through her mind—memories of a mother she thought she would never see again. And, stranger still, she sees that her mother is none other than the beautiful enchantress who cursed the castle and all its inhabitants. Shocked and confused, Belle and the Beast will have to unravel a dark mystery about their families that is twenty-one years in the making.