Daniella chuckled.

“That was clever, I’ll give you that,” she murmured, eyes closed. “I thought you totally forgot about Maximus. But you had a plan.”

“Like I did for Pascal. And no Stormtroopers or robots or anything,” Brendan said, snapping the book shut. “So. Happily ever after and all; Raps and Flynn get married, Gothel gets hers, and Rapunzel becomes the best queen the kingdom ever had. The end.”

“What?” His sister’s eyes shot open. “No, you can’t do that. That’s not how it ends.”

“But they did everything. They won,” he protested.

“No, you gotta drag that stuff out,” she growled. “Like, that’s the reward. Her meeting her mom and dad, the final really good kiss, you know?”

“Ugh—another kiss? C’mon….”

“BRENDAN!”