Belle's pain always went right to his heart, and he instantly drew his arms around her. He could imagine -- if the situation had been reversed, and he had found her on the floor...
He would have seen red.
"It's alright," he told her softly. But he agreed: why would anyone have any interest in them at all? And in tiny Blackwater? He had liked to think they had more friends than enemies, but, maybe... "We're going to be alright."
For Belle, he had found a calmer voice, more steady and reassuring. His lips touched her head, gently. "Let's see where we are." He wouldn't make her move if she didn't want to, but he knew his wife well: she didn't let anyone push her around -- and Lord help whoever had done this to them when she got her hands on them.