“The Queen was b e a u t i f u l and t e r r i f y i n g at once. Her features were severe,
“The Queen was b e a u t i f u l and t e r r i f y i n g at once. Her features were severe, her hair black as o n y x, her eyes piercing and i c e c o l d. Perhaps once, long ago, she had been an i n n o c e n t young maiden herself, the f a i r e s t of the land, but now all could see that h a t r e d and b i t t e r n e s s had pulled the warmth from her face.”- Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale, page 6 -- source link