Ella considered Helena's words carefully, thoughtfully. "I think there are too many coincidences to think this isn't all fated. Say, for example, that Jane was Beauty. Even while she was here, with Daniel, filling that role, I had a version of my ability. I was already working at Daniel's publishing house, and I was already reading his books. I also already knew two other tales in the building - William and Luther. It seems too much for it all to be coincidence," she admitted. "All I know is that Beauty wants to be around her Beast. I have to assume that even if I left, she would remain the same. But I think part of me is her. I wonder what's happened to others who have moved away since the moon transformation began - like your friend Kiki, for example."
She stood a moment and walked over to the register, where the older couple were waiting to buy a bushel of daisies, and she rang them up and waited for the door to close behind them before looking back at her friend. "Vlad never comes here," she said, wondering at the question.