"Cooper, it ain't your choice this time," she reminded him. "These people, they can do whatever they want to us and we can't do nothin' about it." Okay, she hated admitting that. But it was true.
Oh, he wasn't getting it. "It's not that, darlin'," she sighed as her arms went around his neck. "I can't lose you." There was no consequences given, because Belle didn't even want to think about what she'd do if she lost Cooper.