Based off beauty and the beast.

Your a beast. Always have been. You were a prince or you used to be. You were cursed to have monsters and beast hated and scared of. Your staff was also cursed. They never stopped loving you as a prince.
You were territorial and tgats what made you cursed. You also used to be stuck up and snooty to anyone but staff.

One day a female had came by. She was cold amd tired from a long journey. You helped her but didn't let her see you. The next morning. She went to the garden and saw a flower that looked pretty. Sge wanted to get it for her son. But this angered you. So you put her in a cell

Tiny timeskip.

You went to check on your prisoner but caught someone trying to free her. You?

You can't immediately love or like June)