My dearest Emma, Charming and Henry,
This is not a letter I ever imagined that I would have to write but then this life has not turned out how I'd ever imagined it would be. There should have been a happy ending to our story. You and I, Charming, should have raised Emma together, spoiled Henry together, grown old together. Even with that possibility was taken from us, I thought that we might have our happy ending now. The four of us together should have been how this ended. Our family should have been our happily ever after.
I allowed darkness and revenge to cloud my heart and, in doing so, I have destroyed all hope for my happy ending. Everything that has happened is my fault, whether I meant it to be or not. I was to blame for Daniel's death, I sent my daughter through a magic wardrobe to spend twenty-eight years alone without even knowing how much we loved her and I killed Cora. I am not the wife, mother or grandmother that the three of you deserve to have. You deserve so much better than me.
It may be too late for me to have a happy ending but it is not too late for you. I am going to Regina and I am going to let her kill me. Her quarrel is with me. Her quarrel has always been with me and I have allowed far too many innocent people to die in my place already. I am ending that today. I have been the cause of so much bloodshed and I will not allow myself to cause anymore. A blood feud ends with the spilling of blood, like Rumpelstiltskin said. Regina will spill my blood and then it will be over. No one else will have to suffer for my mistakes again. You will all be free to live without my presence bringing danger and despair. You can all live the happily ever after that you should have.
You are a far greater family than I have ever deserved and I am sorry for the pain I have caused you.
Charming, you are my true love, the greatest love I could ever have wished for and words cannot tell you how greatful I am for all that you have done for me. I love you so very much.
Henry, my wonderful grandson. Thank you for everything you've done. Emma may have broken the curse but you brought her here and you made her believe. You saved us all, the entire town, and I am so proud of you. I know that you will grow into a fine and honorable young man, a man more than worthy of the title of 'Prince'. I love you.
Emma, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am for what I did to you. You are the most amazing woman that I have ever met and my heart swells with pride to call you my daughter, though I know I have no right to do so. I have been a terrible mother. Please believe me when I say that it broke my heart, shattered it into a thousand pieces, when I let you go on the day you were born. I am sorry that you lived the life that you led, you deserved so much better. I should have done so much better by you. I had hoped to try to rectify at least some of my mistakes when you came back to us but I have only let you down, let you all down, yet again. I love you so much my beautiful little princess and I am sorry that I am not the mother that you deserve to have.
I love all three of you so very much and I hope that you will all be happy and will live the lives that you should have because you are all worth so much more than this, so much more than me.
All my love,
Snow White