Few minutes ago in the part of the forest where Belle was and was surrounded by Cordelia and her friends.
"Beat her up!" Cordelia ordered her lackeys, an evil smile gracing her face as she watched fear register in the heart of the human, even though she did not show it on her face.
Cordelia might have lost her father's backing, but she had begun to carve a path to the top with the wealth of the Cliftons, and her friends who had turned their backs on her had come back to her, and were eager to please her enough that they had all jumped at the mention of helping her take her sweet revenge today.
Joshua Clifton was an easy man to manipulate without her even compelling him. He liked beautiful and alluring women; all she had to do was appear innocent and beautiful to him, and he was head over heels, so much so that he was already promising to divorce his useless wife and marry her.
