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Father, what has she done to you?

"You are ht if you think you can defeat me," Clotilde said, her nearly colorless eyes were dilated in spite of the light in the roo you can do Your brothers and father are lost--forever"

"On the contrary," a male voice said

Elise turned around just in time to see her seven foster brothers enter the throne roo no worse for the wear

Elise could feel Gabrielle go taut like a violin string when she met her husband’s eyes across the roo herself fro herself into Steffen’s arms, but she stayed at Elise’s side

"What?" Clotilde said, her voice screeching like breaking glass "That’s not possible!"

Elise tilted her head and studied Clotilde The wicked queen didn’t know? She didn’t feel it when Elise broke the curse? Perhaps Elise was strong enough to defeat her after all

There was a roar Clotilde pulled two black diaown She held the froelique had warned Elise of She was going to do it again Clotilde was going to turn Elise’s foster brothers into swans

"NO!" Elise said in a scream wrenched from her soul

"Gabi," the cat said

"Are you sure?" the crown princess said

"Positive Do it," the cat said

Just as the dia, Gabrielle tossed her cat in the air The feline intercepted the lightning bolts, which bounced off the cat as if they hit athe

Gabrielle caught her cat, tucking him under her chin