A/N: Hey, guys! I have missed you all! I have moveed to a different state so I have been getting settled in with work and home and everything. I am going to update again. Back to business all.

"Your mother?" Emma squeaked her way through the frantic question before taking a deep breath and starting over feeling the effects of the pleasure wear off completely. "Can you tell me how you know at least? Is that why you have been so weird since Robin came here?"

Regina was pulled out of her reveries once again to look clearly at Emma's worried eyes. She hated that this woman could make her feel safe by one worried look. "She used to be known as the Queen of Hearts. She is the only person ravenous enough to kill the way Robin described, Emma. Also, now I know why this is happening. She wants me back under her rule and she will not stop until I am under that heavy thumb of hers once again. I will not end up there again."

By the time Regina is done speaking she was up and pacing like a mad woman would. Emma sat and watched her like anyone would watching a mad woman unravel under the pressure; in shock. She hadn't expected to get anything out of the woman before she blew up on her and kicked her out of the room. She doesn't know if she is happy or terrified about Regina telling her that her mother is the ghost boss. If this woman could elicit this type of fear in Regina, how ruthless is she really?

"Regina...", Emma started.

"She can not take us down Emma. Do you understand? She will not take us down, we have to stay strong through this all she can't find any weaknesses in our ranks. How loyal are your people? They have to stay that loyal. They can't stray!" Regina kept pacing asking questions and throwing out more reason before the questions could be answered.

"Regina!" Emma was beginning to become dizzy and she could no longer watch her partner spin conversation threads with herself. It was becoming painful to watch, honestly.

Regina turned to see that Emma was standing directly in front of her looking into her eyes so deeply that she had to turn away before she lost it more than she already had. "Emma she can't gain on us. I know that she is keeping Robin alive because she knows that we will follow him. We have to call it off. We have to."

Emma shook her head sadly as she spoke words that Regina knew already. "You know that we can only communicate once they have contacted us first. It is for their safety as much as ours. The last time we spoke to them was 2 days ago and you know they will call us at the next stop. We will tell them to call it off, but you know that it is not wise since they probably have tails on our tails if she honestly knows that we are coming to her directly. They know what they're doing, Regina"

Regina shook Emma's hands off of her shoulders from the spot they had ended up during Emma's spiel and turned around to face the window as she spoke. "I know that you are not aware of what my mother is truly capable of. However, if you thought what I did to your men that night was bad.." Regina raised her hand to stop Emma before she started to rant as she was sure the blonde would. "She will make me look like a kitten when she is done. I have sent out my only real family to find that woman and I am not okay. I would like to be alone to compose myself."

"Regina how can I help if I don't know how you are feeling? I want to help you. I want to make you feel safe. I will not let you go through anything that woman throws at us alone." Emma was behind the woman now watching as she tensed more as she spoke but she wanted to make sure that Regina knew she was not alone as long as she would allow her in.

Regina was not going to cry she told herself when she entered this role she would not cry again for anyone or anything. This was the choice that she made and she would deal with it herself. She did not need Emma around to make her feel weak the way that she does. She would not feel weak again. Ever. "Miss Swan, maybe you did not hear me... Leave. I do not want you here. Just because we have fucked a few times does not mean I am going to fall in love with you and confess all of my deepest darkest dreams and fears and wants and weaknesses! Leave me alone!"

Regina spoke low and cold once more before Emma's hand could reach its destination. "Don't."

Emma hand't noticed before but she had a tear making a trail down her cheek from the hurt that had penetrated her when Regina reduced their activities to just 'fucking'. She had seen the way the brunette had stared into her eyes and the way the woman held onto her with all of her might when she thought Emma might let her go. Emma knew the truth, but it was obvious Regina was not ready, and Emma would leave her be until she was.

"I will leave you alone. I will be ready to fight by your side when it comes. It will come and we know it will. I will need you as much as you me. Try to get over yourself before then, your majesty." Emma left the room to hide away in the guest bedroom wondering how in the hell the woman had taken her room and her heart in less than a month.

"What do you think we should do?" August turned to Ruby letting the girl decide on their next move.

Ruby shook her head slowly taking in the pictures on the phone in her hands. "Regina knows already. I know she does. We do not go back to that hotel. They will be there. We will take a drive upstate, about an hour, to get that black Toyota off of our ass that you have not noticed was there for the past hour. We will not stop until we reach my granny's estate. There we will have weapons better than these, dirtier and more medieval, but way more effective for the job you need done." Ruby paused in her directions to smirk before the next words breezed out. "We are going to fuck some shit up, August."

A/N: Tell me what you think of my coming back chapter guys.