After Sapphire left my room, I heard Brimley come in with Lilla. I saw a bowl of water and bandages floating in the air. Lilla had to clean my cuts while Brimley tried to hold me down because that water was very hot; it hurt more than Sapphire trying to cut me when I first met her.

"Hang on, sire." Lilla told me, "I'm almost done."

"I'm trying, that hurts!" I said, trying hard not to fling the two of them into the wall.

"Okay, I'm done!" Lilla quickly said as I felt Brimley releasing me. I groaned in pain as Brimley started to apply the bandages.

"Sire, I saw Sapphire leaving your room." Brimley said, "Did you do something?"

"Nope," I answered, plain and simple, "she left to feed her horse."

"Has she been in here the whole time I was gone?"

"Yep, in fact...I saw her face...without the hood on."

"You saw her face?" I heard Brimley and Lilla say at the same time.

"Don't be too surprised about it." I told them.

"Well, what does she look like?" Lilla asked.

"What color is her hair?" Brimley asked, "Is her face soft to the touch?"

"How dare you ask me that question!" I pushed, "I didn't violate her!"

"Sorry sire." Brimley said, "We just want to know."

"Sorry, I can't tell you unless Sapphire wants me to." I told them because I knew they wouldn't understand. Sapphire was...disfigured, just like I was. I heard the two of them groan as I listened to their footsteps depart. I knew they were disappointed, but I had to respect Sapphire's wishes about her family curse. I know I should rest my body...but I couldn't stay here and stare at the ceiling. I disobeyed them and left the room. I grabbed my cape and tried to clasp it on with my left hand. This cape was still too tight around my neck, I was in much pain trying to get it on, but the cape made me feel that I was...human again. I decided to walk down to my kiln room, I haven't been down there in a very long time.

When I looked in my kiln room, I wasn't surprised to see some dust on everything. I can't continue my glass work with only one hand, so I just browsed through my finished work. The little bit of sunlight that came into the kiln shined on the glass and made the glass sparkle. I gently touched the glass deer Rosetta gave me...when she accidentally cursed me. I didn't want to harm any of my glass pieces, that's why I rarely touch them. I moved my hand away the same time I heard a knock on my kiln door. I raised my hackles up because my servants knew not to disturb me when I'm in here. I growled as I went up to the door, but when I opened it, I started to regret doing that...because I saw Sapphire.

"You weren't in your room." She said, I quickly tried to put my hackles back down.

"I couldn't stay in there, doing nothing." I told her, "How did you find me?"

"I followed you down here." Sapphire answered, "I didn't want to disturb you, so I let you be alone for a while. I just decided to check on you...because you were in there for a while."

"I'm...actually surprised you came by here." I said, "Since the last time you were here...the Werewolf dragged you out."

"Hmm, I fear the Werewolf," she told me, "not Sagittarius." Her words sounded assuring, but...I still feel bad that the Werewolf told her so many horrible things and tried to harm her. I opened the door wider for her.

"Come inside," I offered, "I think you might like what you see." Sapphire walked inside, with a scraping noise everytime her feet touched the floor. I watched her walk around the kiln room. I could tell by the look in her eyes that she was more than impressed of all the glass that lay on the table.

"Did you...did you make everything here?" She asked, looking at the glass figures.

"I did." I answered as I walked over to her.

"It's...beautiful." She said, I thought she was starting to cry by the sound of her voice. "I've never seen anything so beautiful." By the way Sapphire was acting, she had the same love of glass that I had. That started me thinking about showing her the greatest glass pieces I've made.

"Maybe...I should show you my greatest work." I offered her, she looked at me. I could tell that she really wanted to know. I pointed at the container that held all my glass roses. I led her over to the container. "Go ahead and open it." Sapphire moved the sleeves off her needle hands and lifted the lid. When she saw the glass roses, I thought she was going to fall and faint, but she stood her ground and stared at the glass roses.

"Sagittarius," Sapphire said, "I've never seen anything so beautiful." I saw her hand go into a small opening of her cloak; she pulled out a box. It was the same box that held the glass roses that her grandfather made for her parents. Sapphire pulled out the red glass rose and compared it to one that was still in the container. "Mine doesn't compare to the beauty in yours."

"Sapphire?"

"Yes, Sagittarius?" She asked as she put her glass rose away. I took a deep breath, hoping that I don't mess this up.

"I've never let anyone in here because no one could see the beauty in glass like I do...until now."

"Are you...referring to me?" Sapphire asked, I nodded my head to her.

"Yes; if there's a glass piece that you want...I'll make it for you." I touched her hood and it fell down to her shoulders. I watched Sapphire's face turn red. Well, the white part of her face turned red. For the first time...I saw her smile. We both had something in common: we have a great love of glass. I soon saw her smile go away. Sapphire now had a concerned look on her face.

"Are you comfortable, Sagittarius?" She asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"Don't try to hide it!" She pushed, "Your cape's too small around your neck."

"Yes," I answered, not thinking that she would notice it. "It is small."

"Your pants seem small too." Sapphire added.

"None of my old clothes fit this body." I said, "I can't wear anything because everything's too small."

"I can make you some new clothes that you can fit in." She offered, I was surprised that she offered.

"You can do that?" I asked her.

"Of course, because of the family curse, being a seamstress runs in my mother's family."

"So...you know how to make clothes?"

"Yep, from the simplest clothes to some of the most fanciest anyone's ever seen." Sapphire answered as she pulled her hood back over her face. "Let's go to my room. I've done something good with that spare room you gave me." I followed Sapphire up to her room. When we entered, we went straight to the spare room. When Sapphire opened the door, I was quite surprised.

Sapphire had turned the room into a sewing room. There was fabric on the shelves, thread on the tables and different kinds of ribbons, buttons and fake flowers in many little boxes. Sapphire removed her hood and rolled up her sleeves. I knew her hands and feet were made of needles, but I saw that her forearms were as well. Her needle hands were connected to another needle representing her forearm; another needle connected to that needle like bones forming the elbow. Between the elbows and shoulders, the shoulder down to the middle was human skin and bone, but in the middle, the skin shrank down and became the bottom half of the needle. I've never seen anything like it! Sapphire went to every drawer in the room, I could tell that she was looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" I asked her.

"My measuring tape." She answered as she continued to look, "I don't want to make your clothes too small and I want to give you some room for that arm of yours." She opened a blue drawer, looking happy. "Found it." She said as she pulled it out. "Hold still so I know the measurements." As she wrapped the tape around parts of my body, I realized that this had been the closest she's ever been to me, besides me being in bed. "Are there any colors that you are particular to?"

"No, choose whatever color you want." I answered, "I'll like whatever you give me." You know, I was telling the truth about that. Whatever Sapphire decides to do or make, it's fine by me. She pulled down black, white and dark silver fabric. I watched her stitch up the fabric together, she was a natural! It was amazing to watch Sapphire work out of the goodness of her heart. "Sapphire?"

"Yes?"

"I must ask." I told her, "Does your friend, Rizal, check on you often?"

"No," she answered, "once a month...but..." Something was telling me that she was holding something back.

"But...what?" I asked.

"His brother...Dismal," she said; then she shuddered, "he saw me with his brother and got jealous that his little brother got a girl."

"Did he see you without your hood?" I asked her.

"Yes, but I was wearing make-up." She answered, "He didn't see any my black markings on my face. When Rizal left, I went to feed Snowflake...and Dismal jumped me."

"He WHAT?" Nothing could express how shocked I was.

"He didn't attack me." Sapphire said softly, I didn't understand why she acted that way. "Snowflake saved me before he could. He charged at Dismal and he ran off. I never saw Dismal after that."

"Sapphire, I'm so sorry that something like that happened to you!"

"I'm fine now." She said, "I'm now safe. I always feel safe with you around." I felt the blush rise from my neck and onto my face. I'm glad that I had fur because I would be embarrassed if Sapphire saw the blush. In a half an hour's time, Sapphire was done. She held the clothes in her arms. "You want me to help you put them on?" I smiled and nodded my head 'yes'. She smiled as she gently helped me put the white shirt with a dark silver stripe down the front and back. My forearm was still on fire when it was touched, but Sapphire was very gently, despite her needle hands. She had also made a cape that could go around my neck without choking me. It was a black cape with a white stand-up collar. All there was left was the pants...but I felt uncomfortable about pulling my pants down in front of Sapphire. Sapphire just nodded her head and said: "I'll be right outside the room." Sapphire left and closed the door behind her.

I managed to put on my new pants with only one arm. While struggling with my pants, I was thinking about how bad Sapphire was treated. All because of her, I was beginning to see her for what she was becoming. Once my pants were on, I looked at myself in a mirror that was hanging on the door. Everything that was on me had fit my body perfectly. For once, I thought I looked...handsome.

'Prince Sagittarius!' Oh no! He's back. I saw my reflection transform into my possible human form with glowing red eyes. 'Handsome? The only thing you look is furry!' "I don't know what you may think, but I'm not going to let you ruin this!" 'Humph! Give up, Sagittarius! How can you be so sure about what that nice stuff she's been telling you is true?' "I don't need to listen to you! Go bug somebody else!" Suddenly I heard a scream in Sapphire's room. I quickly opened the door with my left arm, Sapphire was crying and trying to hide her face and hands as she was facing into a corner. I walked over to her, trying to calm her down. "Sapphire, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Lilla's in the room!" Sapphire cried, "Lilla's in the room!" She was right: Lilla is in the room. I could smell her.

"Lilla, I know you're there!" I almost growled as I hid Sapphire behind my body.

"What happened to her face?" I heard Lilla quickly asked. I was just infuriated that Lilla made such a comment! She didn't even try to explain what happened!

"Lilla," I said in a very angry voice, "if you or anyone else makes a comment like that about...Sapphire again, I swear you'll never forget it!" I felt the Werewolf breaking through, but I somehow found the strength to take back control.

"I'm...sorry, sire." She quietly said, "I didn't mean..."

"Just tell me exactly what happened!" I calmly said. I wasn't sure if I would be able to control the Werewolf if he broke through again, but I still wasn't happy.

"I came in here to put Sapphire's bed back together." Lilla explained, "I didn't know she was in here until I saw her...without her hood on. She just...surprised me, sir."

"Answer me this: who screamed?" I asked.

"Lilla." I heard Sapphire answered as she continued to cry.

"That's what I thought!" I almost shouted, "You were more than surprised, Lilla!"

"I'm sorry!" Lilla said again, "I didn't mean it to sound like it was worse than it seemed."

"Don't apologize to me! Apologize to Sapphire, she's the one who's crying!" Lilla did apologize again, this time to Sapphire, but Sapphire was so embarrassed and sad that she didn't want to come out of her sewing room.