3 months had passed. They had received a few more letters. 1 each week to be precisely. Their anxiousness only grew bigger. They never left their kids alone. Scared to lose them.

Killian and Emma were sitting on the couch. Emma snuggled up against Killian's chest. His left arm, around her. His right arm on her little baby bump. Her hand over his hand on her belly. The twins were on the floor in front of the couch playing. Their parents watching them with every move they made.

"Killian, I don't know how much longer I can do this. Living in this situation. Always being afraid about what could happen."

"I know, darling. I'm afraid too. But we have to be strong for the kids."

"I know. But now with the third one, I'm more afraid than ever."

"Don't be afraid, love. I will protect our family. No matter what."

"You don't see it, do you?" she pulled away from his grasp now.

"See what ?"

"That if you have to protect this family, no matter what, I may lose you. Then the kids don't have a father anymore. And I don't have a husband anymore."

"Love, you don't have to worry about me. There's one thing I'm good at, it's surviving."

"I know, but I'm just scared. The kids start school tomorrow and I'm afraid there will happen something."

"Don't worry, they'll be safe, I promise."

"I love you"

"And I you. Now, come here." She snuggled back up against his chest. "I will love you and our kids no matter what happens. You're the only people in life that can make me happy and I promise I will never leave you or the kids."

"Good. I will too. And only the thought of leaving you, scares me."

"Good, because it should." She giggled when he said that. "That's what I wanna see. A smile on my wife's face." He said with a smirk. She hid her face in the crook of his neck and fell asleep.

A few hours later, when it was already dark outside, Killian woke Emma again.

"Emma, darling, wake up. We have to put the kids to bed. They have school tomorrow, remember."

"I know." She yawned. "Let's put them to bed."

They walked upstairs and like every other evening, Emma puts Brooklyn to her bed and Killian puts Dylan to his bed. When Emma said goodnight to Brooklyn, she goes to Dylan and the other way around for Killian.

Emma walks back downstairs towards the bathroom and gets changed in her pajamas. Killian enters the bathroom and stands behind her. He puts his hand on her hips and kisses her neck.

"Killian," she said, "not tonight."

"Why not?"

"I just don't want to, okay."

"Okay. But can I still just kiss you ?"

"Maybe." She giggled.

He pretended to pout.

"Come on, you big baby. To bed. I'll be there in a second."

"I'll wait until you're ready."

"Oh, so you want to see me going to the toilet. Didn't think so."

He puts his hands above his head in defeat. "Okay, okay. I'll wait in the bedroom." He said and left the bathroom.

She also went to bed a few minutes later. They fell asleep like they did each other night. Afraid, but safe in each others embrace.

The next morning, Emma woke up at 7. She got out of bed and went to the twins room. She first woke up Dylan because he was the easiest one to wake. After that, she woke up Brooklyn. But like each other morning, it took 10 minutes to wake her up. When she finally got up, Emma helped her with her clothes. Then she helped Dylan. After she helped them with their clothes, she went downstairs and started making breakfast. In the meantime, Brooklyn and Dylan went to wake up their dad.

She finished making breakfast and that was the moment Brooklyn, Dylan and Killian came into the kitchen. They sat down at the table and Emma set a plate in front of each of them.

It was now 7.45 and they finished eating breakfast. Killian helped Brooklyn and Dylan with their shoes while Emma made their little backpacks.

They were off to school at 7.55 and arrived at 8.05. There still were 25 minutes left before school actually started. Dylan immediately was off to play the moment they entered the school. Brooklyn was walking as close as possible by her mom.

"Hey, honey. Don't be afraid. You will make friends here and they day will be over before you know it." Emma said to her daughter.

"But I no want school."

"I know baby. I know that you don't wanna go to school. But you'll like it. And after school, you'll be back with mommy and daddy and then you can play with us. Alright ?"

"Yes mommy."

"Good girl. Now go play with the other kids."

After Brooklyn cried, she went to the other kids.

"Killian, can we go ? If I stay here any longer, I'll take them with me again. Especially Brooklyn and you know it."

"Yeah, c'mon, let's go."

They left the school and went back home. After about half an hour, Killian left for work and Emma was alone. She decided to go to the grocery store since she had nothing to do and they needed some stuff.

It was almost 2 hours later when she came back home. She put all the stuff she bought away and went to granny's. It had been a long since she saw Ruby and she really wanted to talk to her best friend.

"Hey Ruby." She said as she walked in.

"Hey Em."

"How have you been lately ?"

"I've been fine. How about you ?"

"It could be better but I can't complain."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I've got letters lately. Threatening letters. And I don't know who they are from. And I'm just really scared lately."

"How long has this been going on ?"

"3 months."

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Emma."

"It's fine. You don't have to worry about it. You better give your attention to Dorothy. Speaking of, where is she ?"

"She's out of town for a few days. Something with her work."

"Oh, okay."

She finished her hot cocoa with cinnamon and left again. She sat alone at home. At 3 she went to pick up the twins from school. Dylan already made a bunch of friends. Brooklyn only made 2 friends. But she was okay with that. Killian came home around 4.30. He walked in and Dylan started to tell him about school.

"What are the names of your friends?"

"Henry, Kristoff, Roland and Peter."

"They seem nice." They were sitting on the couch and Emma watched her 2 boys talking. She couldn't help but smile. Suddenly, Brooklyn leaned against Emma's leg.

"What's wrong, baby?"

"Up." She said and Emma picked her up.

"Do you wanna tell daddy about school?"
She nodded. They walked towards the couch and Brooklyn crawled into Killian's lap.

"Hello, lass. How was school ?"

"Good."

"Have you made any friends yet?"

"Yes, Anna and Violet. They nice."

"And what about the teacher? Is she nice?"

"She funny."
"Is she, now?"

Emma made dinner 2 hours later and after dinner, they put Dylan and Brooklyn to bed. Emma and Killian cuddled a bit more on the couch. But finally went to sleep themselves.