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"What's wrong with me?" Belle asked. Her voice was barely a whisper, but she knew Rumplestiltskin would hear her. Rumplestiltskin looked over at where she sat next to the fire. He walked over to her and knelt before her, placing a hand on her knee he looked up at her.
"I've seen it happen before. Sometimes when women give birth, they become depressed, beyond what is normal. And sometimes it'll get to the point where they even hate the child. I think that may be what's happening to you, plus everything that's happened and..."
"And...?"
"I think someone broke into the castle about a week before you gave birth. I think they wore something that aloud them to sneak in unnoticed. I think they did something to you. Whatever it is, I'm having a hard time identifying it. Until I can find out who..."
"Which isn't easy with me around, is it?" Belle said bitterly.
"I'll figure it out, my Belle. But until then... I think I'm going to have to lock the door to the nursery. I'll have a spell cast so that I'll know when something is wrong."
Belle nodded.
"I'll take care of everything," Rumple said. "I promise. Just be patient."
At that moment, Belle wasn't so sure.
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Belle awoke to crying. She knew that voice. She snapped to attention, instantly regretting it. Her head pounded and she groaned. She looked around trying to figure out where she was. She was at least glad that she recognized it. It was the cabin in the woods. She'd been inside once, or at least Luvetta had. The thought of her cursed self made her sick. Regina must have twisted the memory of what Gaston had done and replaced it with Rumple's face.
Now wasn't the time to think about that. She tried to move her hands to find them tied behind her back. She grunted and moved until she could see her children on the bed. It was Nicole who was crying. Oh god, did he hurt her. Belle hissed as she moved across the floor, trying to reach her babies. The door opened and Belle shifted to glare at her kidnapper as he entered the room. She glared at him.
"He'll come. He'll come and then you will wish you were never born."
Gaston glared back at her.
"We'll see."