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Adam looked at Lumiere and just blinked. Belle looked down at Sky with worry and then back at the former candelabra.

"What can we do?" Was all she could say. Adam just sat there staring at his hands.

"Adam." She touches his hand and then he turns his head to look at her.

He sighs and stands from the rocking chair. "I'll go and take care of it on my own."

"Adam no." Belle shook her head. "I don't want you to get hurt. Please don't leave."

"But he's sure to come here!" Adam was shaking. "He's not coming anywhere near you or Sky."

The front door was heard, it's creaking giving it away. "Too late." Cogsworth squeaked.

Adam ran past the party standing in the doorway. Belle tried to go after him but her father stopped her from getting out of bed.

Adam stopped mid-stairs and just stared at his father.

"How did you do it?" His father had a smirk on his face. "It doesn't matter. Belle had our baby and there's nothing you can do about it." Adam replied confidently despite the rough feeling in his chest.

"Oh really...and what are you going to do to stop me?"

Adam fingered the dagger in his pocket.

I'd be as bad as he is...but would be saving my family.

He's your family too.

He was never the father I needed nor wanted.

Adam jumped over the staircase railing, withdrawing his dagger, he pointed the blade at his father neck.

"I'm giving you this chance to leave the kingdom and never return! Never!" Adam backed him through the front doorway opening.

"You'd never kill me! You're too kind and gentle." He mocked Belle's voice.

"Leave at once!" Adam's hand shook. He couldn't control it.

His father was right. He would never kill him but he didn't want to be like his father. His father was selfish and unkind. Yes, Adam was like this too at one point but Belle changed him for the better and he would never become that young prince from a decade ago ever again.

"You're going into exile! I don't care where you go but it won't be in MY kingdom!" Adam pushed his father backwards onto the pavement.

"What's the gender?" Daniel stood and wiped off his cloak. "None of your business." Adam muttered.

"It's a girl isn't it?" Daniel grimaced.

Adam just stared at his father, unable to say anything. "I knew it." Daniel shook his head.

"No heir?" Daniel clenched his jaw with regret. "I should've killed the girl when I had the chance."

"What?!" Adam glares at his father.

"If I killed your precious lover we wouldn't have to worry about her useless offspring."

The feeling of the Beast came back into Adam's chest as he lunged at his father and dived the knife into his fathers arm. Not killing him but proving his point.

"You stabbed me!"

"Maybe you should take that as a cue to leave!" Adam pushed his father in the direction towards the exit of the village.

Daniel held his arm and grimaced. "Fine." He smirked as he exited the village and then later the kingdom all together.

It wasn't over yet...

Adam made his way back into the cottage, locking the door on his way inside. Belle came running down the stairs.

"I was watching from the window. Are you hurt?" She stroked his cheek and studied his face.

He nods. "Physically, I'm fine."

"And mentally?" Belle asked as he pushed past her. "Let's just get home." He avoided her question.

Belle sighed as Maurice came down holding the child.

Belle gratefully kissed her father's cheek and took her daughter from him. "Visit soon, Papa. I'll be writing."

Hours later...

Belle was asleep in their bed, the baby sleeping beside her in the crib.

Adam, in his study, was fidgeting in his desk chair. His dagger that was used earlier was sitting on the table before him. All he could do was stare at it.

I should have killed him.