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"I don't think I want to..." Belle said sheepishly.
"Choose not to and your beloved book will go in the fireplace." Belle breathed in harshly and started to follow him out of the library. "Good chose, mademoiselle."
It's madame...
"Where are we going?" Belle started wringing her hands. "Just for a walk. I want to speak with my daughter-in-law." Belle clenched her jaw. "Thought I wasn't anything but a useless maid..." She remembered how much it hurt her that he said that hours before.
"Maybe I can make light of the situation." He sighed. Belle wasn't paying any attention to where they were walking. She just kept her eyes on the floor, despite listening to what he had to say very carefully. "What makes you want to do that?" Belle asked realizing they were now in the cell tower. He grabbed her upper arm. "Because I won't have to worry about you." He threw her into the cell and shut the door swiftly before Belle could stop him.
"What are you doing?!" She cried. "You can't just keep me in here!" He locked the door and shoved the only key to the cell in his boot. She gripped the bars. "Please...let me go..." she begged.
"You really want to take your fathers place?"
"Come into the light..." He stepped into the light to reveal a ceature, something she has never seen before. Belle's heart stopped.
"Well?" He asked his voice raised.
"We have a deal." She dropped to her knees and cried as her father was taken away.
Belle had a memory of that day that was so vivid but that was a memory that would soon lead to falling in love with the Beast.
This was vastly different. She would rather go through her time with the Beast a hundred times then be a prisoner by his father.
"You better hope that child's a boy...it's the only way your baby will be safe." He gave her a toothy, greed filled grin.
"What...what are you..." Belle couldn't get her words out. "A heir, mademoiselle. I need a grandson to carry on the family name and stature!"
"You're cruel!" She cried.
Daniel took the worn down novel from his inside jacket pocket and threw the book out the window. Belle teared up and shut her eyes. "You're despicable." She said but with much less fight in her voice.
Then she remembered something. "Adam. Adam will find me." He shrugged. "Doesn't matter...he won't be able to help you much without the key."
She ignored his last remark and a curious infested question swarmed her head. "And after the baby is born?" He grinned again, proud of his plan. "You're banned from the castle and my son."
"Adam won't let this happen! He loves me!"
"I guess we'll find out."
