“See? You learned something.”
“Yeah, but I want to leave this place and go back home. I loved that old house.”
“I wish we could, but we cannot just pack up and go.”
They heard Beauregard calling out to them, and Melanie stood up. Spotting them, he told Melanie that the King wanted to see her so they could speak to Aurora.
“Of course. Amethyst, we will discuss this later. Are you going to come inside?”
“In a little bit.”
“All right. Be sure to take a bath before you eat.”
Amethyst nodded as Melanie walked away.
Beauregard stood there looking at the closed buds of the flowers. “You know, Aurora is not a terrible person,” he said. “She is very generous and makes everyone around her happy.”
“She doesn’t make me happy.” Amethyst plopped back down. “She makes my life a nightmare.”
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