Rosabella sighed with relief, and the doctor went away. The Beast knew that Rosabella was scared for her father and added. "I will let you see your father and tell him what happened to him." Rosabella nodded and gave her cordial to Gemma. Gemma took hold of the cordial and returned it to Rosabella's bedchamber.
Rosabella went to see her dad, and he was sitting up in bed as Rosabella walked into the room. Luke saw her and slowly raised his arms towards her. Rosabella rushed over to him and threw her arms around his back as she sobbed.
"Father, I am so glad that you have pulled through and was so worried about you." Luke held Rosabella tightly close to him and asked. "But how did I get here in the first place? I meant to be at home while you were here, and what happened to me?"
Rosabella sat on the bed and held her father's hands as she replied. "You got beaten by stepmother, and a servant brought you here in an awful state that you were in. It was the first time I saw you in the state when I saw you at the main entrance, and if it were not for the master of the Palace standing next to me, I would have collapsed from shock."
"The servant told me and the master of the Palace what happened to you. You are not allowed to return home to my stepmother and stepsisters, aka your second wife and stepdaughters. The doctor orders and you must go somewhere else to be safe. The servant said he and the rest of the servants at my old home had enough of seeing you getting beaten up and seeing me being mistreated."
"The servant also gave men and the master of the Palace a heads up because he overheard the stepmother telling her daughter that she was planning to come here in four or five months. She was planning to hurt me and kill the master of the Palace. The master of the Palace was there with me when the servant was telling me all that I have just said, and I am worried about where can you go after you have recovered."
Luke knew that Rosabella was speaking the truth and knew that he could not return to Paige, Sarah, and Anne. There was a knock on the door, and Luke said. "Come in." The door opened, and the Beast walked into the room. The Beast strolled over to Luke and Rosabella.
The Beast stood next to Rosabella and asked Luke. "How are you feeling?" Luke stared at him and replied. "I am slowly feeling better, but I know I have a long way to go before fully recovering from what happened. I am 100% livid that my second wife beat me up for no reason whatsoever, and I want to know why she did it in the first place."
The Beast knew that Luke wanted to understand why his second wife beat him up for no reason whatsoever and looked at Rosabella as she announced. "I think that stepmother beaten you up, father because she was fuming with rage that none of her daughters were picked to stay here and kept on saying that she wanted Emperor Carl to have one of her daughters as his wife and Queen."
"She wants power, money, and control of the country. But she can not because she will make everyone suffer and poor." Luke and the Beast knew that Rosabella had witnessed firsthand what her stepmother could do. A knock on the door as the Beast turned around and spoke. "Come in." The door opened, and Fred entered the bedchamber.
He bowed low and stood up. The Beast turned around, and Rosabella looked over her right shoulder as Fred stated. "Master, you asked me to find Paige's first husband and whether he is alive. He is alive and here because I told him what is happening with his first wife. He asked me to bring him here and wants to meet his first wife's second husband and stepdaughter."
"(Rosabella and Luke knew that Paige refused to tell them.) Is it all right with you three that I bring him in?" The Beast looked at Rosabella, and she replied. "Of course, you can, but on one condition. That he does not harm my father at all because he is still recovering from what happened to him."
The Beast looked at Fred, and a voice spoke through the doorway. "I will not harm him because my first wife lied to him about what happened to her." Fred signaled him to enter the room, and a man entered the bedchamber. He bowed low before the Beast and Rosabella as she stood up. The man stood and introduced himself.
"My name is Ian, and I am Paige's first husband, even though we have not had a divorce. (Rosabella and Luke looked at each other. They did not expect to hear that and looked back at Ian.)"
"Paige pretended that I was having an affair when I was not and wanted to treat someone else children badly. I have heard from Fred what happened to Luke and Rosabella, and he also told me what my wife was planning to do. My heart goes out to all three of you and Rosabella."
"(Rosabella stepped forward and looked at him.) You did not deserve to be treated like a servant in your old home, and your father is welcome to stay at my house. My sons and the servants heard from Fred what Paige did to you. They say that they will not harm you and will not help Paige to come here to harm two people."
"Word has spread about it, and some people have joined, but many refuse to sign up. The word has spread to neighbouring kingdoms, and they refuse to join. The war between the kingdom that the late Queen is from and the kingdom with connections with this kingdom is still ongoing."