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"Why did you save Briar?" Duchess asked her best friend after a day of bitching and being bitches, accidentally revealing genuine concern that she'd tried to hide behind a tone of didinterest and scorn.

"Because ... because ... because she is my princess and I'm the only one that is allowed to hurt her!" Faybelle said protectively when she'd finally stuttered out an answer.

As Duchess watched her turn away with a huff, the subject dismissively over, she thought back to yesterday when Faybelle was complaining about how gorgius the next sleeping beauty's hair was and suspected that her friend had not been entirely truffle with her answer.