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"Why, Elle Why did you do it?"

"Why did I lie?"

"Why did worm your way into my life and lead my servants astray? Why did you befriend me under false pretenses? Did Lucien order you to?"

"Severin, my affection for you is real If it wasn’t it would not have broken the curse Why does no one seem to understand this except for your brother?" Elle said

"Lucien sees only what he wants to see"

"What? What does that have to do with anything? Your curse was that a girl had to fall in love with you I did I told you so and your curse was broken," Elle said

Severin shook his head "No"

"WHY are you being so stubborn when the evidence is staring at you in the er have ic with lies?"

"Silence!" Severin roared, sounding much as he did when he was a beast Fidele shied fro his head "Leave"

"What?"

"Leave the palace You have no reason to be here anyh money to live comfortably on for the remainder of your life Leave, and never return I never want to see your face again I have no use for faithless liars," Severin snarled beforeoff

Elle’s shoulders shook, and she turned to watch Severin disappear through the gates before she fled to the stables

Rose the pony when she threw herself into his stall and hung her ar her sobs The pony good naturedly bore it as Elle wept in frustration and pain

It hurt to be misunderstood It hurt to be rejected

Elle al pulled on her cloak

It was Oliver "I believe you, Elle"

Elle s tears off her face so they wouldn’t freeze "Thank you ThatRoselanced at the pony before returning her attention to the stable boy "Oliver, would you doon a long journey, and I won’t be back for weeks, maybe months I can’t take Rosemerry with hness paid his board and feed for a year I will groom him and see that he is fed"