Belle's frown deepened at those words, and she hurried her footsteps to go and see what was going on, as she could hear harsh whispers coming from outside immediately after she stepped down to the foyer. She couldn't help but wonder who it was looking for her here, and when she stepped outside, she was met with Rav talking in a harsh whisper to a woman in a long purple cloak, its hood covering half of her face and revealing only her red lips and nose.
As if sensing Belle's arrival, the woman turned slowly to the door and then brushed past Rav, who quickly gripped her elbow, but she yanked it away and then said hurridly,
"Isabelle, it's me, Evenly. I need your help."
Every muscle in Belle's body froze for a moment at those words. Evenly? How was that possible?
"You're... alive?" she whispered in disbelief, because until now, Belle had believed the woman had died because of her that day in Grimvale.
