“good.” she said as she looked down to hide her disappointment. “it’ll be fine.”

“of course.” she said, knowing this was only the beginning. hopefully it would only impact his memory and not his mood.

druella’s face fell when she noticed that. she seemed to notice a change in him. what is the family curse? “oh…”

approaching him, she placed a hand on his shoulder. “you love this portrait. it’s of me on our wedding day.”