Ella had watched Nicolas greet Tegan with a distracted look on her face. Daniel was okay, and the Beast was being careless, but they were okay. Of course they are. The Beast can take care of your Daniel. She refrained from telling Beauty that this probably wasn't the safest place to go running around the woods looking like something huge and frightening.
By the time Joanie had walked into the room, Ella was on her feet and walking toward her. "The servant frightened me, and I'm afraid there are vines all over my room," she admitted, thinking it best to get that terrible confession out of the way. When the door behind Joanie locked audibly, it automatically drew Ella's attention as a very Not. Good. Thing. and she looked at Tegan immediately and echoed Joanie's question. "How did you get here, Tegan?"