Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: However , BrÃ 1\/4 nnhilde refuses to relinquish Siegfried 's token of love , and Waltraute rides away in despair .
Simplified: BrÃ 1\/4 nnhilde refuses to give her the ring that Siegfried had given her as a token of their love . Waltraute disappears .