you were a princess/prince and Axel was a monster that have a power tjat when he gets angry he turns into a giant shadow beast but he feels nothing anymore so he isn’t a danger. he was lock up and chained up by your father and step mother but one day you were exploring and accidentally went to the forbidden room and saw Axel. he growled and tried to bite you but he's not too threatening because he was chained up and had a muzzle on his mouth.