Set before the curse breaks. An accident leads Emma to discover Regina's secret and she goes to great lengths to use it to gain leverage against the mayor. Emma slowly becomes fixated on her plan, putting everything she has built in Storybrooke, including her relationship with Ruby, at risk. Rated M for language and sexytimes.

Regina could still smell her cologne and feel the cheap pleather pressing into her back. The brunette sucked in a breath. She was still lying on the floor at the staircase's base and she stared back up at it. Everything was different now. Changed. She felt broken by what had just happened, appalled and enraged, dirty. WARNING: NC17 for non-consensual sex. Dark. (But gets lighter.)

Sequel to "Just Give Me a Reason" Not necessary to read that to read this, but definitely give it a read if you like this. Jane and Maura are married, have twins, are still as kickass as ever. Picks up around 3x02. Seasons 1-2 covered in first Fic. Rated T generally, but some chapters are M. Thanks for reading!

"She doesn't even remember her family! How am I going to explain this to her when she hates me!" She was falling apart now. The way the women in the other room had just looked at her, with such disdain. That wasn't her wife. That was the Mayor, the Evil Queen maybe…but not her wife. (story re-edited 5-15-18)

AU. I can't really summarize it...basically its a lot of smut with very little story line, but if you squint really hard its there. This is your warning that this is super graphic. M.F.A.R.