For she was a larcenist and his mind was the greatest treasure. *The first scene was before Saber went to see Livette.* The area beyond the boundary she had structured was empty, but he was not absent in her mind. The thought of being in one space with him was grating, had it been up to her, she would avoid him adroitly. That morning she found herself particularly stressed and remunerating about the mystery behind her mother's and the Beast's acrimonious relationship. She might have been wrong, but she was betting that her mother having an affair with his mother of which the dissolution of the royal marriage alone could have not ascribed to his inexpugnable hatred for her. Her intuition told her there was something far greater to take credit for how