Fairy(sting-in-the)tale

The Prince was an avid reader.. and a loathsome character. He loved to read and built a massive library for himself, paid for by taxes from his subjects. When he should have been ruling his people, he was reading... mostly grisly classic stories about torture, domination and subjugation.

Women were attracted to him and his power. He used them, abused them, destroyed them. He studied his reading matter to make his sexual activities particularly bizarre.

When fairytale Princess Chloe visited, he was smitten. He'd met his match. She kissed him... he turned into a frog. He knew he'd soon croak!