These Barely Open Hands

by No Fate 1990

This story serves a sequel to "A Change of Seasons and A Twist of Fate". In this story, Emma and Captain Hook aka Killian encounter and deal with ghosts from their past and present. Avalon and Raven (Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen's daughter) prepare to graduate high school. Regina juggles with being a mother, widower, and the queen over seven realms. A wedding is in the works.

37. Never Felt This Sad and Lonely Before

Regina's p.o.v

I am surrounded by love, but I have never felt this sad and lonely before. I barely pull the bedcovers

and sheets off my head. "It was so selfish for Rumple to kill himself. Now he gets to spend an

eternity with that witch" mom vents. "Rumple died a hero" I correct her.