Waking a Muse.

[beau_sest_leve]

I've made so many dear friends in the castle. What will they do in my absence? {She left them once before and that isn't something she wants to repeat.} I'd hate to make them worry. Enough has happened to them already.

I'm sure it was hard for them to fight off the villagers. I never meant for that to happen. Papa needed me and I couldn't leave him like that. {There is a clear "yet" in her tone, however.} I shouldn't have told them about Beast or shown them the mirror. I just wanted them to see. I wanted them to love him like I do.