"No parents?" she asks, a worried look on her face. Maybe in all her thoughts, she'd always though there would be parents to impress. "Well, there's my Papa, obviously, and the village, though their opinions don't matter so much to me. I suppose it's complicated now that the castle is open and I know the Beast is there. I love you and I would never leave you, and I'd never want to, but I suppose a part of my heart will always love him, too."
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