A/N: Hello, here I'm trying another story. This time a SwanQueen. I have this idea for a few months now, and I finally had the courage to write. I hope you like it. Sorry about my grammar, English is NOT my first language and I don't have a Beta, so I'm doing it all myself, if you want a perfect writing story, this one is not for you. I'm sorry. I try my best here, so I really hope you like it. Thank you!

PS: The cover story is not mine.

Enjoy!

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Regina was tired. She just helped bring Snow and Emma from another realm back to Storybrooke. Henry was hugging them and she just stayed out of the way letting her son welcome his other mother. She only did that for him, it was Snow White after all, it could be her chance to have her revenge, but Henry... Her son asked her to help and Regina couldn't never say no to him. She want to be good for him and doing that, she helped bring his grandmother and mother back. At least that's what she told herself.

They all thank her and Later that day, Emma invited her for their welcome back party at Granny's. She was surprised, but looking at Emma's sincere green eyes, she agreed to go and even brought her famous Lasagne. Some of them were surprise and scared to see her, but not the Charmings and not Emma. Granny been Granny was polite just like Ruby was all smiling to her, but at the end of the night she was alone as always.

She was tired of being alone. Not even Henry seems to care about her right now. He was so engrossed with the Charmings and everything disgusting her. All those people she hate the most were happy, laughing and enjoying each other's company. Emma invited her, but the blonde didn't even talk to her. She was alone, again!

That night she walked out of Granny's, but Emma followed her. She was surprised, but didn't say anything, just a small talk and then she was gone.

As soon as she puff herself back to the mansion, she went to her room and changed to something comfortable. Her room was dark, and she laid there staring at the ceiling. A sweet moon light was passing through her window and it was the only light in the room.

Regina keep thinking about her life now. Emma broke her curse, Henry doesn't want anything to do with her, the whole town look at her like they are about to toast her anytime, they wouldn't do that, of course not, she have her magic back, no one would be crazy to fight her, but she felt alone. She thought that her curse and Henry would be her happy ending, but now... she's not sure anymore. Things are blowing on her face and Regina felt like she was loosing control of her life again. First her mother, then Leopold and now this damn town. Is this her destiny? To be alone forever? She lost Daniel, her true love, this was all about him, isn't it? Making Snow misery, having her revenge... But now, now she lost it. And she hate feel this way. She's the Evil Queen for God's sake! She need to do something. She can't lose Henry. She can't be alone again. She can't. However she didn't know her life was about to change that night. Something big was coming and something was about to turned her life upside down. She felt sleep thinking a way to have Henry back, but little did she know that she's about to have something big. A lot big.

She did! She finally did and she couldn't believe it! She had being following Snow and Emma on the Enchanted Forest everyday. She got sad when the wardrobe got on fire — thanks to the bitch. She's always on her way, destroying her life. Cora did everything she could to kept her away, that witch cursed her, but now that Regina's curse was broke, she knew her curse was too. The savior did. Rumple told her once that the Savior would help her and she did. She finally did. After so long, after so many tries, after so many pain. Theodora finally got her chance. When she saw Snow and Emma jumping on the magic portal, she jumped right behind them. She knew the portal would be open for a few hours... she knows magic, she have magic, and she was the best. I mean, she was powerful! She knows exactly how to get to Storybrooke and she did!

Theodora was there. She was hiding on the shadows just exploring the town. She followed the Queen everywhere and when she finally have the chance to get near her, the girl was scared. She spent years of her life in the Enchanted Forest trying to search the Queen, but every time she got too close, she could see that her curse was still there. She felt like her heart would explode, she lost her breathe and the pain was too much for her small figure to handle it. Theo cried every time, she and her grandma tried everything to break this curse, but nothing work, until she met Rumple, the imp who told her a little bit of the future and for some weird reason, the girl believed him, and in that time, she spent every day practicing her magic with her grandma and a teacher, a good woman with light magic. She saw potencial on Theodora and helped her everyday.

Now, she was there! She was staring at the white door of the mansion. It was now, her chance... she was close, she could felt it. But nothing hurt and that was a good thing.

Theo puffed with a yellow smoke inside the house and she saw the stairs. It was dark, and the Queen was probably sleeping, but she finally got her chance, she didn't care if she wake Regina. She can protect herself. She was smart and clever. Theodora was a 18 years old brunette girl, she wasn't too tall 5'5" and her eyes where blue. She was a copy of her parents and she was proud of that. She has her mother's hair, her father's eyes, she was a good mix of them. They said Snow White was the most beautiful of the all, but seriously, they say that because they never saw Theodora.

The girl walked the stairs, and she could feel her heart beating in her throat. She couldn't hold her tears, she was finally getting close to her. And when she step close to Regina's room, she could feel the Queen there. She opened the door slowly and when she step inside, she cry. Theo was close to the Queen. She could feel her, she could feel the Queen and there's no more pain, no more hurt, only happiness and love. After so many years. Theodora got close to her mother.

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Regina was sleeping when she felt the first happiness in her heart. She frowned in her sleep and couldn't understand what was happening. Her heart was feeling happy for some strange reason since she felt sleep feeling nothing but hate for the people in this town. She took a deep breathe and turned on her bed, feeling discomfort on her body. It's been so long since she felt that way... suddenly she felt her magic getting out of control. Her chest was about to explode and Regina eyes fly open. And when she saw the intruder, she jumped out of the bed ready to burning this person.

"Wait!" The girl yelled. And with a finger snap, she turned out the light and when Regina saw the girl desperate eyes, she hold the fire ball. "Wait, please don't throw it. I'm not here to hurt you."

"What the hell are you doing here? Did you break into my house? Do you have any idea who I am?"

"Yes, I know who you are, that's why I am here." The girl's voice was soft and Regina could see she wasn't scared of her.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"I-" Theodora stopped, she took another step close to Regina, and the Queen could see tears running down the girl' cheek. "It doesn't hurt." The teen whispered, and Regina frowned. "I- My name is Theodora and I am your daughter."

"Oh dear, I can garante you I don't have a daughter." Regina laughed, and Theo step in front of her mother.

"Yes, yes you do! Look at me, I-I have my dad's eyes. I know you can see it. I know things are pretty weird right now, but if you let me explain and help you, you'll see... I am you daughter. I promise!" Theo was about to touch Regina, but she was flying through the wall of the room, and Regina hold her there.

"I have No daughter! I don't know who send you, dear, but I'll send you back to whatever hell you came." Theodora could see the Evil Queen that moment, and she was trying to free herself.

"No, please, look at my eyes! I promise I'll not hurt you, I'm here because I'm telling you the truth!" Tears was running down her cheeks again. "Please, please... Mom, please" the girl whispered and in that moment, Regina felt something into her heart. She stop to started at the girls eyes and as soon as she did, she could see herself at that age begging her mother to let her go. She gasped at how much she and that girl look alike and Regina let her go.

"I'm pretty if I had a daughter I would know." Regina took a step back, as the girl got out of the floor.

"That's the thing. You can't remember, because Cora made you forget." Theodora smiled.

"What?"

"I-I can show you. I promise you I'll not hurt you. I-"

"Show me? What? Do you have magic now?" Regina smirked.

"Yeah, I do. I do have magic. And it's because of you!" The girl sounds a bit excited, but for a second Regina got worried and the girl could see that. "Don't worry, it's not dark magic. I have light magic... well, it's more like a beige, yellow smoke. Yours is purple." Theo giggled, and Regina had a small smile in the corner of her mouth.

"If you're my daughter as you say. Who is you father?" The former evil Queen asked, and she was scared of the answer. She would remember have a baby with Leopold... this would be hard for her, but at least, he was dead now, he would take this girl away from her.

"Daniel." Theo whispered and Regina eyes wide. "I know, it's seems impossible, but I'm telling you the truth. Daniel is my dad... you had a baby with him. Look I have his eyes... and his nose. That's what my grandma used to said anyway." Theodora smiled and she was excited. Finally telling all the truth to her mother.

"D-Daniel? That's... No! Surely I'd remember been pregnant." Regina sat at her bed, and the girl right besides her. Theodora was so happy to be close to her mama.

"That's the thing. It was Cora... she... Sorry! I'm just too excited and happy to finally be close to you and feeling any pain!" Theo was about to hug Regina, but the woman sent her a look that stop her.

"Would you please explain what is going on here? What do you mean it doesn't hurt anymore being close to me?" Regina was clearly losing her patient with this girl.

"It's a long story, but, my name is Theodora Mills-Colter, I am your daughter and Daniel's. When I was born, Cora took me away from you." The girl felt tears on her eyes, but she didn't let it fall. "You got pregnant before marry the King, and when you told her, she was ready to kill me still inside of you, but you made her promise not to. Grandpa Henry helped you. Cora was scared Leopold would throw you all away, so she tried to do a lot of things to kill me. But, you kept me with you, and asked her for a spell to hid me. To hid your growing baby belly, you promised her you would talk to the King and tell him I was his baby. I was part of Daniel, so you'd do anything to keep me."

"How do you know that? I'm pretty sure your grandma couldn't tell you something so personal." Regina rolled her eyes.

"She didn't have to. Cora told me."

"What?" Now Regina was shocked.

"Yeah, the night I was born, she cast a spell and told you I was dead. She made me look like I was actually dead, and when you felt sleep that night. Cora took me away from the castle, from yhe kingdom. She left me close to dad's cabin."

"Why? Suddenly that would be too risk. Daniel did live far from the castle. We were too far from each other, dear."

"Well, that's the thing. She cursed me, mama."

"Don't call me that." Regina whispered, still not believing a word from this girl, even thought she knew her mother was capable of such a horrible thing.

"Sorry." Theodora frowned. "She cursed my heart. If I try to search you, to get near you, I could died. I tried to get close to you a few times, but the pain... My heart would squeeze so hard, I couldn't barely breathe... I could cry for hours after get near you. The pain was too much and I was only a child." Theodora paused, caressing her chest, remember all her pain. "She also cursed me from remember. She gave me your memories from your pregnancy. That's why I know so much about that time. I think she wanted me to suffer, maybe? Seeing all your pain thinking I was dead."

Regina couldn't remember anything, but thinking about losing a baby made her sad. Sad enough to make her feel a bit of compassion for this girl.

"So, my grandma, Lisa, she found me in the morning, and when she saw me, she said she knew who I was, because I have dad's nose and the same smile. She told me some stories about you. Stories that dad told them... how sweet you were. He loved you so much!" Theodora said and Regina turned away from the girl. Daniel was everything to her, why this girl was doing this? Is she trying to make the Queen miserable? "I wish I could see that love. See my parents in love.-"

"Stop! Stop talking!"

"I can show you I'm telling you the truth. You don't remember because Cora took that memory away from you, but I can bring it back!" Theo was ready to touch Regina's arms, when she got out of the bed.

"I don't want you to show me anything. You're lying about everything. What do you want, huh!? Get out of my house."

"No! Please, please..." Theo started crying again, and this time, without thinking, she walked to Regina, wrapping her arms around her neck and hugged her tight. "Please, don't, I'm not lying, I'm telling you the truth. I'm your daughter, I promise. Don't send me away again, don't." The girl was sobbing on Regina's shoulder and the Queen didn't know what to do. The sound of this broken girl's crying was heartbreak and even the once evil Queen could see how upset this girl was.

"Calm down, dear." Regina whispered. She was feeling confused and scared. She wasn't sure if knowing the truth was actually a good thing. If this girl was right, Regina didn't want to remember. This was a scared moment of her life, another moment where she was suffering on her mother's hand. Another painful moment of her life.

"Let me show you." The girls whispered, taking a step back. "I can show you everything. Please, I'm so tired of this pain, and I finally got the chance to touch you. Please, I spent so many years trying to break this curse, and I am finally here. If you let me, I'm sure everything will change for you too. Please, please!" Theodora stand her hand for Regina to take, but the Queen hesitated for a second. "Please!" In that moment, for the first time Regina really look at the girls eyes. She has blues eyes like Daniel, her skin was white as hers, and her nose... her hair was dark as the Queen, and her cheekbones was exactly like Regina's. Everything in this girl scream the Queen and the stable boy, her first love. Regina could see how hurt this girl was, and how desperated she was to show Regina the truth. Theo wasn't lying and Regina could see that, but she was scared. "I know you're scared. I can feel you, and I'm sure you can feel me too. That's why you woke up that way. You could felt my heart."

"How? Why I'm feeling you?" Regina asked soft.

"Because when Cora cursed me, she connected us. I couldn't understand why you didn't felt the same pain as me, but, I found out I blocked the pain from you and felt everything by myself. Unconsciously I was protecting you from the pain. You couldn't felt it. Maybe just a discomfort, something bothering for a few seconds, but nothing like me. My pain... It was horrendous."

"You... blocked my pain..."

"Yes. I'm not here to hurt you, I'm here to show you who I am. I promise. I've been waiting for this moment for so long, please... let me." Theodora kept her hand to Regina and finally, the former evil Queen gave up and grabbed the girl's hand.

Theodora closed her eyes, and her yellow magic started to fly through her hand to Regina's. The Queen gasped and suddenly too many memories started to flashed on her mind.

The moment she found out she was pregnant, the young Regina was so happy. She was going to have a baby, Daniel's baby. He wasn't there anymore, however they were going to have a baby. A child who she would tell every day about how sweet and love her father was. A child who Regina would love with all her heart. The former Evil Queen smiled with the memory and her hand automatically went to her belly. Theodora opened her eyes, and mother and daughter were staring at each other. She was so happy, her young self was so happy, but that same night, her mother found out and all things started to falling for Regina. Her mother was pissed and was ready to kill the fetus, but Regina cried, begging for her mother not to do that. "No mother, please!" Regina said crying. Cora showed her mercy and told Regina she would let her have the baby and would used magic to hide her belly from the king and all the kingdom. The young Queen was happy thinking she would actually have her baby, and she enjoyed every day of her pregnancy. Her father helped her all the way and she could wait to meet her baby. "Did you chose a name, sweetheart?" Her dad asked. Regina staring at her 8 months baby belly at her mirror, she smiled excited. "Well, dad. If it is a boy I'll call him Daniel, after his father, Daniel Henry Mill." Regina smiled. "But if it's a girl... I thought Theodora,." Henry could felt tears in his eyes, and Regina smiled "oh sweet, after my mother. That's such a beautiful name. You're grandmother would love that." Regina smiled to Theo, and the girl could feel the happiness from her mother.

It was so painful! The baby is coming and everything hurt. Regina was laying on her bed with a midwife and her mother by her side. The woman was there to help and even with the pain, Regina could wait to meet her baby. "Oh god!" Regina eyes closed and she squeezed her daughter's hand. "It hurt!" The brunette felt on Theodora's arms, and the girl helped her sit on the bed. She stopped with the memories, waiting for her mother to breathe.

"I'm sorry..."

"It's ok." Regina was breathless. She couldn't believe it. She was really pregnant. She was pregnant with Daniel's baby. She looked to the girl to her side, and couldn't believe it. She indeed was a spit of imagine for them... and the name. Theodora. "You..."

"I'll skip the part of the pain..."

"No! I want to see everything." This time Regina didn't hesitated and grabbed her daughter's hands asking for more. The girl smiled and it all started to come back.

"It's coming, just one more push, your highness." The midwife said and Regina gave a big push, and as soon as the baby come out, she passed out on the pillow. She didn't heard her baby first cry, but that didn't take long. Cora mute the baby so no one could hear it's cry. She waited for the midwife clean the child and as soon as she was wrapped in a blanket. Cora took the baby in her arms and without Henry knowing, she puff with the baby in her arms to the wood. She knew exactly where she was. The witch could see the cabin a few step in front of her and lay down the sleep baby on a basket and puffed back to the castle where Regina -now clean was sleeping.

"Is she ok?" Cora asked the midwife.

"Yes, she will be ok. The Queen needs to rest, soon she will woke up."

"The things you saw here, you may keep you mouth shut. You know our deal." Cora walked to her daughter, and without say anything, the midwife just nodded and walked out of the room. Cora stayed in the room until her daughter woke up. Henry came to the room and Cora told her husband about the tragedy, their grandchild was dead... it was a girl, but when she was born, she was lifeless. The old man cried for his daughter, and Cora asked him to leave the room, she was Regina's mother and that was her duty to tell the woman the sad news. When Regina woke up, she was smiling waiting to hear her baby's cry, but as soon as she asked where her baby was, Cora told her the news. "I'm sorry, dear, but the baby was dead. I had to take it away. I'm sorry."

"No! No, my baby..." Regina was crying, without take her eyes off Theodora. "No, mother! I want my baby!" The Queen was sobbing and Theodora couldn't hold her tears. She was feeling all her mother's pain again. "My baby... my sweet baby." Regina screamed with pain of her lost and Theodora had to control herself, she couldn't hug her mother now, she needs to keep going. "My and Daniel's baby, I want see it! Where is it?"

"Regina, it's a dead baby. I couldn't let it here waiting for you to wake up. I needed to take it away ."

"Why? I want to see my baby. I want to see it's face... Mother, please."

"I'm sorry, dear, but it's already gone." Cora said coldly.

"Was it a boy or a girl?" Regina asked, still crying.

"It doesn't matter, Regina. It's dead."

"BOY OR A GIRL!? TELL ME!" Regina yelled angry to her mother. "I NEED TO KNOW!"

"It was a girl, Regina."

"A Girl." The Queen smiled, crying for her baby. "I'd call her Theodora, after my grandmother. Daniel would loved that." Regina said, and the girl just smiled.

"I'm sure he would. But now, you have other priorities as the Queen. I'll make you a potion so you can heal and do your duty as the king's wife." Cora left the room and Regina didn't heard a word she said. The young Queen was in pain, first the love of her life was dead, and now her baby. The product of her and Daniel's love was dead. Regina was mourning and in pain all over again. So, that night, she spent hours crying... The young Queen cried herself to sleep.

The next day, Regina didn't have the strength to get out of bed. She woke up that morning, but didn't want to eat anything... her father tried to talk to her, but she just stayed there on the bed, staring at her window, thinking about her dead baby. "I couldn't even see her face, daddy." She whispered to Henry. "I couldn't see if she looks like her dad or me... I couldn't see her face, her perfect face. Her little nose, her eyes..." the Queen whispered.

Later that night, her mother walked to her room with the potion that would make her feel better. That's what the witch said. Regina took the potion thinking that she would only be cured, she felt sleep and the next day everything was different. Nothing happened and Regina couldn't remember anything about her pregnancy and her baby.

"Oh my god!" Theodora stopped the spell and Regina hugged the girl, crying as she hugged her daughter.

"I'm not dead. I'm right here, mama! I'm right here." Theodora whispered crying as she finally hug her mother, no pain, just love and happiness. She couldn't wait to show Regina the rest she kept for herself. It would be painful, but she want to show Regina everything.

"I can't believe she did that... and your name. How?" Regina asked, looking at her daughter's eyes.

"Well, that was my grandma. Apparently, you and dad already made plans for your future children and she knew I'd be called Theodora if I was a girl. My grandma was very clever." Theo chuckled, kissing her mother's cheek. "I'm sorry it hurt. I can't promise the rest wouldn't hurt, but I'll make sure to show you the good part."

"Before you continued." Regina grabbed the girl's hand. "Did you have a good childhood?"

"Yeah! Grandma Lisa and Grandpa Charles was amazing! I mean, I cried for you a lot, because I had your memories all those years, and I knew who you were, so I cried a lot for you... It was hard at the begging, but I got used to it, and I spent many days trying to break the curse." Regina was looking at her daughter's face as she talk and she couldn't help but smile memorizing all the details. The blue eyes that look so much like Daniel's, the nose, the chin... the red cheekbones. God! Everything screaming them! Even the way she smile is like Regina's. The sound of her chuckle, she probably has the most beautiful laugh. She was perfect, her — they perfect little thing.

"You're beautiful."

"Like mother like daughter, right!" Theo chuckled and she intertwined their fingers together. "Ready for more?"

"Yes! Show me everything."

The next morning, A lady could heard a pit of crying coming from outside. She was have breakfast with her husband and they ran outside following the sound, and when they saw the baby, Lisa picked her in her arms and as soon as their eyes met, the old lady gasped. Those eyes... it looks exactly like her beloved son. She looked to her husband and they take the baby inside. They weren't sure, but Lisa could felt it in her heart, this baby was relate to them, to her dead son.

She named the girl just like Daniel wanted, the boy was in love and had plans to marry the young Regina, they all knew that, and he used to talked about their children a lot. Lisa thought about name the baby after her son, she could call Daniela, but when she said, the baby started cry no stop. It was funny to her husband seeing the baby hating all the names, but then, the same night, Lisa was sleeping with the baby in her arms, she had a dream. A dream about a granddaughter named Theodora... she was sure this was the baby doing, but in the morning, they name the baby as Theodora Colter.

Theo showed her mother all about her baby and toddler years. The imagine of her grandpa teaching her how to ride, she even got a horse named Taurus, after her stuffed bunny. The girl couldn't sleep without that cute thing, and she carried it every where. The brunette showed the Queen how hard was for her to study since the girl love to spend hours at the woods playing with all the animals and her horse. Her grandma make sure to teach the girl how to read, to write and she love reading books. She showed the woman about her nights crying calling for "mama", it was one of this moments that Lisa and Charles confirmed who her mother really was. Regina got sad, she want so bad to hold her daughter in her arms and comfort her.

Regina smiled with all the memories, and laughed when she saw Theodora found out about her magic at age 10. The girl didn't want to eat her dinner, and she stayed staring at her soup for some minutes when suddenly the bowl turned into a blueberry pie. All them were in shocked. That's when her grandma started to study magic to teach the girl. Lisa couldn't do anything special, no. She only read, and passed it to the girl. Theo was really smart and knew that magic is emotion so she got good at 15. That's when she met the nice lady on the market who was also a powerful source and teach her all she knew now. Regina didn't recognized the woman, but could see how lovely she was with her daughter.

Soon, the pain, the awful pain started to grow on Regina's chest. Theodora showed her mother the first time the young girl tried to search for the Evil Queen, and how much her heart would hurt, all her bones felt like breaking in tiny pieces. The Queen closed her eyes, and squeezed the girls hand.

"Sweet, you can't do this to yourself." Lisa said as she hold her granddaughter. The girl was in too much pain.

"I-I need h-her to see me." Theo cry, laying curled up in her bed. "If she sees me, I-I know this will stop... she w-will f-find a way, nana."

"Oh my sweet baby, the only way is to break this curse."

"I need to. I want my mom, nana." The girl sobbed, and hid her face into her grandma's neck.

"I know my sweet girl. I know."

Soon, at 16, Theo met the imp, Rumpelstiltskin. "No..." Regina whispered, scared for what would happen there.

Rump wasn't stupid, of course he knew who the girl was, and for the first time, Regina saw that they didn't made any deal, Rump told the girl how powerful she was, and as Theodora told him about the curse Cora put her, he only laugh and told her the only way to break it, it was for her to wait. Wait for the savior. The girl was confused, but Rump told her they had the same interest to what was about to happen, so he would let her go. Smart as she was, she told him she didn't asked for any favor, so there was no point to make a deal. She told what she needs him to answer and that was it. She walked out with a Regina's smirk on her face. Now she needs to wait for the savior that was about to come. She knew Rumple didn't lie, she didn't know when this savior will show up, but she would keep her lessons.

"Oh my God! I can't believe it." Regina put her hands on the girls cheek. "I have a daughter."

"I'm sorry for everything that Cora did to you. Specially with my dad..." Her blue eyes fill with tears. "I wish I could know him... my grandpa told me how much he loved the horses... how much he loved you. I wish I could see it, you know? Your love for each other!" Theo smiled, and Regina hugged her again.

"I can tell you everything about your father. He's the love of my life." Regina whispered, kissing the girl cheek. "I'm sorry you had to felt so much pain... What Cora did to you... I'd do anything to take that pain away from you." She caressed her daughter's face.

"It's ok, mom... you didn't know. We're here now. And that's all the matter."

"Oh my God! I still can't believe it. If I knew... God!" Regina started to feel angry to her mother — again. She jumped out of the bed, walking around her room. "If I knew about you, things would be so different. I'd do anything in my power to protect you from my mom and from the king. She had no right to take you away from me. MY DAUGHTER! My baby... she took you away from me. She knew exactly what she was doing. Again she was controlling my life. It was because of her I drank a potion to make me barren. I didn't want to give a heir to the king and I didn't want another child in her hands."

"I know... I know a lot about your story. And I know a lot about this world too." Theo walked to her mother, grabbing her hands. "Everything happens for a reason, mom. It's sad Cora kept us apart, but maybe things would be different a good one or a bad one, it's hard to now, but we're here now and I think that's all that matter."

"My daughter..." Regina smiled.

"And mom, there's one more thing."

"What is it?"

"You got a second chance and your true love is still out there." And that almost made Regina pass out.

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