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The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it — Milan Kundera
"So let me get this straight" – Regina began to say – "You're planning on get inside of a boat without knowing how to sail a boat, so you can start some kind of suicide mission?" – she continued to say, pacing restlessly around the room.
"I'm not going to stay here doing nothing" – Emma said, rising from the couch – "We have already lost too much time"
"Did you miss the part that you don't know how to sail a boat?" – Regina said, throwing her arms in the air.
"I watched Killian do it many times" – Emma said, trying to sound confident – "I think I know how to do it"
The two women were at Regina's house trying to figure it out a way to find their loved ones. They tried to perform some locator spells but none of them worked, so Emma suggested that they should start to think about a plan that didn't involve using magic.
"Do you really think your mother will agree to this?" – Regina asked.
"No" – Emma softly said – "But she doesn't need to know. I don't want her to know" – she added – "There's no need for her to get worried"
"You can't go" – Regina stated – "Much less in your condition"
Emma was about to complain about the reference of her condition but chose just to roll her eyes.
"I'm going and there's nothing that you can do or say that it's going to change my mind" – Emma said not leaving room for discussion.
"Emma, I'm not letting you go on some suicide mission" – Regina insisted.
"It's not a suicide mission" – Emma tried to explain, sitting on the couch again – "It's a plan. Is it perfect? No, but what plan is?" – she continued to say – "This may be the only chance we have to find them. We already know that they are out there somewhere. Please, Regina, you have to let me try"
Regina remained in silence looking at her friend, trying to figure it out a way to make her see reason, but deep down she knew Emma was right. Using magic was no longer an option. They needed to act before it was too late.
Suddenly memories of Robin and she invaded her mind.
She was supposed to be planning her wedding, taking care of the little details, choosing the flowers for her bouquet … but she was doing anything but that.
Storybrooke was supposed to be a safe place now that all the villains were defeated; a place where she could finally build her happy ending.
"Okay" – Regina finally said, breaking the silence – "When do we leave?"
"We?" – Emma asked, still processing Regina's words – "No, you're not coming"
"Someone has to take care of you" – she simply said – "Both of you … and Robin is out there too…"
"I thought you were not going to help me on my suicide mission" – Emma said, emphasizing the last two words.
"Well … that's the thing, Miss Swan" – she started to say – "With my help you may not end up dead" – Regina teased and Emma couldn't help a smile.
"Thanks" – she said still smiling.
"We need to start packing and come up with some cover story to justify our absence" – Regina said – "And obviously we still need to be one hundred per cent sure that you do know, in fact, how to sail a boat –"
"No, we have to go now" – Emma interrupted her – "I'll call Henry and Mary Margaret and-"
"We need provisions Emma" – Regina spoke, trying to put some sense on Emma's mind – "We need to figure it out things here first and then we can go"
Emma wanted to leave as soon as possible. She wanted to end with this nightmare so things could return to normal and for that to happen her family needed to be complete again.
"We leave at sunset" – Emma said before leaving Regina's house.
He opened his eyes slowly, raising his arm and feeling his head hurt as he touched it. The last thing he remembered before falling asleep was the need of saying Emma's name, but for some reason her name never left his lips.
"What happened?" – Killian mumbled, still trying to open his eyes, realizing that he was seated on an old chair.
"You're awake" – Milah said, taking her eyes from the book she was reading so she could look at him.
"What happened?" – Killian repeated confused. He looked around the room, quickly realizing that they weren't in the Captain's quarters anymore. They were in another room – "Why are we in another room? What did you do?"
"I needed to confirm some information" – she said closing the book she was holding in her hands – "And obviously I couldn't leave you all alone in that room, so…"
Killian looked once more around the room, this time noticing the little details. The room was full of books and small boxes and, for some reason, Killian felt a strange feeling as he examined the amount of boxes in the shelves. He took his eyes from the shelves and looked at the woman in front of him.
"What did you do to me?" – he asked, starting to remember their last conversation before all went black.
"You could say that jealousy got the best of me" – she started to say – "I had to knock you out with some little spell before you could say something you would regret later"
"You did what?" – Killian said, narrowing his eyes – "What is wrong with you?"
"What is wrong with me? What is wrong with you!" – she shouted back – "Did you really think that I was just let you talk about your feelings for another woman? Did you really think that I would listen to that and do nothing?"
"Is that such a big surprise hearing me say that?" – Killian asked – "Didn't you watch me during all this time?"
"I can't see you when you are in Storybrooke" – Milah stated – "There is too many magic interference in that town" – she said, pacing the room – "Regardless, I don't need to have access to what happens in Storybrooke to know that your so called feelings for her are just an illusion so the prophecy can happen"
"Stop talking about that bloody thing!" – Killian exclaimed, rising from his chair.
"You have to face the truth, Killian …" – Milah stated.
"No, you're the one who has to face the truth, Milah!" – he said – "This whole idea of yours about a magic baby made you blind"
"I'm anything but blind" – she yelled
"But you are, Milah … power made you blind, anger made you blind, magic made you blind" – Killian tried to explain so she could see reason – "You know who I see when I look at you? I see him … you look just like him"
"I'm nothing like him!" – Milah said with fury in her voice – "He's a coward and soon I'm going to destroy him; we are going to destroy him" – she added.
"My business with him is over" – he said – "Vengeance won't bring back your old life, Milah, it only turns you into a different person, a worse person" – Killian tried to explain –"Just let it go, move on, start a new life"
"You really don't get it, do you?" – Milah said – "I don't want to move on" – she said approaching him.
"Milah …" – he started to explain – "You and I … it's not going to happen again … we can't go back to what we were" – Killian said – "I don't want to go back to what we were"
Milah remained in silence looking at his deep blue eyes and then she sat on one of the chairs in the room and opened the book she was reading while Killian had been unconscious.
He looked at her confused and waited a few moments for her to say something but she continued with her eyes focused on the book.
"You're not going to say anything?" – he asked, breaking the silence – "You're just going to remain in silence reading some old book?"
"No" – she said without looking at him – "I'm just going to wait for you to realize who you really are"
"And who would that be?" – Killian asked, feeling exhausted.
"A pirate" – she said – "The man I fell in love with"
Killian was used of being teased by Emma about being a pirate, but when he heard Milah saying that word it was like the word gained a total different meaning. She was not talking about the pirate who had become a hero, or the pirate who believed in good form. She was talking about the obsessive pirate with a rotten heart.
"And I'm going to wait for you to realize that, no matter how much time it takes" – Milah's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"This plan of yours is not going to work, you know?" – Killian started to say – "My family is going to find me, all of us"
"I doubt that" – she said, closing the book.
"You clearly don't know who you're dealing with" – Killian said remembering David's words: That's what this family does, we find people. And we always do because we really don't like to give up.
"I'm not saying that they won't try to find you" – Milah said – "I'm just saying that they won't succeed" – she added smiling. Killian remained in silence trying to understand Milah's words – "Did you really think that it would be that easy? I mean … I had almost three hundred years to build this plan …"
"What's that supposed to mean?" – Killian asked, trying not to sound nervous.
"It means that they can try to perform any kind of locator spell that exists in this entire world that none of them will work" – she said with a proud smile on her face – "I used an old spell specially made to block any kind of locator spell that someone tries to use on you and on your two new best friends" – Milah explained – "As you can see no one is going to find you unless I allow them"
"She's going to find a way" – Killian replied through gritted teeth.
"Perhaps …" – Milah said getting up from the chair – "But maybe when she does it will be too late" – she said archly – "Who knows, maybe her father…"
"Leave David and Robin out of this" – he interrupted her before she could finish her sentence – "Let them go, just let them go, I'll stay with you …"
"You will, just not right now" – Milah said – "First we need to fulfill the prophecy and I have to be sure that you're still the Killian that I remember" – she added, grabbing one of the boxes of the shelf.
She opened the box and Killian could not believe in what his eyes were seeing – a heart. Suddenly it all started to make sense: the strange behavior of the crew that looked more like puppets than like pirates, the reason why the men never mentioned Milah's name, the feeling he had when the old man was speaking to him on the island like he already knew him… She was controlling them, everywhere and every time.
"Should I order some drinks?" – she asked holding the heart on her hands.
Killian was about to complain but then he decided to play his part on convincing Milah that he was still a pirate. This was clearly the first of many tests and he didn't intend to fail, especially when failing could mean hurting people he cared about. He nodded and Milah started to talk to the heart, a few moments later a man entered in the room with a bottle of wine and two glasses.
"Do you want to see some of the ingredients that I have stored in these shelves?" – she asked as she looked at the shelf full of boxes
Killian approached her and grabbed the bottle of wine that the crew man had brought. The man was on the other side of the room lighting some candles.
Killian was now behind Milah but she was so focused on the boxes in front of her that she didn't even notice Killian raising his arm, hitting her with the bottle of wine right in her head. Milah fell to the ground dropping the heart she was still holding, letting it fall too.
The crew man immediately stopped what he was doing and started to run towards Killian but he quickly grabbed the heart that was still beating near Milah's unconscious body.
The man was trying to reach his sword when Killian spoke:
"Drop the sword" – he quickly said.
"Is not like I have a choice, is it?" – the man said, dropping the sword.
Killian looked at the heart and then to the man in front of him.
"What's your name?" – he asked.
"Thomas" – the man said.
"Contrarily to what you may think, Thomas, control you is not on my priority list right now" – Killian said – "What do you say about making a deal?"
"What kind of a deal?" – he asked suspicious.
"You help me and my friends get back to our land and in exchange I give you your heart back" – Killian explain.
"Why should I trust you? How do I know that you will not break the deal once you reach land?" – the man asked.
"Well, for starters I could have crushed your heart the moment you tried to reach for your sword and attack me but I didn't, does that not count for anything?" – he sarcastically asked – "What happened to good form and the bloody pirate code?"
The man remained in silence looking at Killian, analyzing his options.
"Even if you give me back my heart I won't be able to put it back on my chest … I don't have magic" – he said – "She's the only one who can give me my freedom" – Thomas said, pointing at Milah.
"She's not the only one who has magic in this world" – Killian said – "I give you my word that once we reach my land I'll find a way to put your heart in the right place again"
"What do I have to do?" – he asked.
"Tell the rest of the crew what I just told you, once you do that and they agree (and trust me they would be stupid if they didn't), release my friends and meet me here so we can make a plan and reach land" – Killian said – "Do you know if we are too far away from a land named Storybrooke?"
"We are actually pretty close" – Thomas said – "The Captain gave us the coordinates to a land with that name but told us to stay in high sea"
"Finally good news" – Killian said as Thomas started to walk to the door. Before he could leave the room, Killian spoke again – "Thomas, wait …" – he said, reaching him – "I think this belongs to you" – he said, placing the man's heart in his hand.
"Why are you doing this" – Thomas asked, looking at the heart in his hand and the man in front of him.
"Because I think that actions speak louder than words" – Killian said – "Besides, I think it will be easier for you to convince the rest of the crew if you show them some proof of my good form"
Killian didn't know how much time had passed when he heard the sound of voices increasing but he was sure of one thing: during all the waiting he couldn't take his eyes from Milah's unconscious body. He couldn't explain exactly why. Maybe it was because he wanted to be sure that she didn't wake up; maybe it was because he was still trying to see some sign of the old Milah, some sign of hope, of kindness, of goodness.
He had wished, so many times, for a chance to have her again in his arms; for a chance to see her again; for a chance to hear her voice one more time … and now, all that he wished was that he had never wished that at all.
How would he explain all of this mess to David and Robin? How would he explain it to Emma? All he could feel was guilt. If he hadn't met her she wouldn't have to deal with all of this mess all over again. She would have the life that she deserved. She wouldn't have been cursed with some magical baby and the constant threat of it. Everything was finally well in Storybrooke and now, they would have to deal with another villain because he had brought the ghosts of his past to their lives.
"Killian, are you alright?" – Killian heard David's voice as soon as his friend entered in the room – "What is going on?"
Robin and Thomas were right behind David.
"Did they agree to help us?" – Killian asked Thomas, ignoring David's question.
"Yes" – Thomas said – "What about her? What are we going to do with her?" – he said pointing at Milah,
"Nothing … she's going to stay here" – Killian said.
"Stay here?" – Thomas asked confused – "But what if she wakes up? She has magic. She can kill us all"
"Not if we're not here anymore" – Killian simply said.
"You want to leave the ship" – Thomas said. It wasn't a question.
"We'll going to use the lifeboats" – Killian said – "and we're going to leave this ship behind"
"Can someone explain to me what is going on?" – David exclaimed – "Who the hell is she?" – he asked referring to Milah.
Thomas looked at Killian and then at Robin and David.
"I'm going to inform the men about the plan" – he said leaving the three men alone in the room.
"So?" – David insisted – "Are you going to tell us what is going on or not?"
"Her name is Milah" – Killian said, finally facing his friends. He noticed David's eyes widening – "We have to get out of here" – he added.
"Is she the Captain?" – David asked again. Killian opened his mouth to answer but David spoke again – "Of course she is …" – he said, running his hand through his hair – "You lied to us …" – he accused Killian, realizing who this Milah person was.
"David, I think we should get out of here first" – Robin tried to say.
"What else did you lie about, Hook?" – David said, ignoring Robin's words – "Did you know this whole time where the Jolly Roger was? Did you know these pirates? Is this some kind of twisted plan of yours?"
"How can you say that?" – Killian said, raising his voice – "Yes, I lied but it was only to protect you! She threatened to kill you if I told you the truth!" – he added.
Silence invaded the room. Robin wanted to say something constructive to break the heavy silence but no words came to his mouth.
"I thought you trusted me …" – Killian suddenly said – "I thought we were friends but it seems I'm just Hook to you" – he said before leaving the room, leaving a speechless David behind.
Before they left the ship, the rest of the crew went to the room where Milah was still unconscious and searched for their hearts. Once every man found their hearts, Thomas led Killian, David and Robin to a small boat where two pirates were already aboard. The rest of the crew was divided in two groups, each one in one boat.
Robin could feel the tension between David and Killian; none of them opened the mouth since they left the room.
Why couldn't they talk with each other like they used to? Why had David to be so harsh? Deep down he knew the answer: he was hurt, and when people are hurt they say things that they don't mean.
They were on the boat for quite some time when Robin touched David's shoulder, trying to tell him that he should talk with Killian.
David looked at Killian's back. The pirate was on the other side of the boat, looking at the sea. He started to move in his direction and sat next to him. They remained in silence for a few seconds until David broke the silence.
"I'm sorry …" – he started to say – "for what I said back there, I shouldn't have doubted you"
"No, you shouldn't" – Killian said without looking at him.
"I was in shock … I mean, first we are hostages and then you're the leader of the whole crew" – David tried to explain.
"I'm not the leader of anything, David" – Killian said, still not looking at David – "I simply made a deal with them so we could return home"
David grabbed Killian's arm, making him turn his body and face him.
"Look, I really am sorry for the way I talked to you" – David said, making sure that Killian was really listening to him – "I shouldn't have called you Hook because you're not Hook anymore. You're Killian and you're my friend"
Killian looked at his friend and then turned his attention back to the ocean. David sighed.
"You have every right to hate me. I understand" – David continued to say – "But I hated you before and we became friends so …"
"I don't hate you, Dave" – Killian said low.
"You're calling me Dave … I take that as a good sign" – David teased. Killian smiled – "So, how are you dealing with all of this?"
"I don't know" – he honestly said – "I thought she was dead. It's like all my memories are lies"
"Did she give you any explanation?" – David asked.
"She said she used some old spell to fake her own death and then she started to learn magic and now she's back and want us to be together again" – Killian said, not telling David about the prophecy.
"But why now?" – David asked – "Why did she appear after almost three hundred years? It must be a reason, right?"
"So, are the two of you friends again, or what?" – Robin said, saving Killian from telling another lie.
"What can I say, David can't resist my charm" – Killian said, trying to hide his discomfort.
"Right" – Robin said, rolling his eyes – "Can I hear the story too, or it's some big secret?"
Killian explained the story again, this time with a few more details, like the fact that his life was linked to Milah's and the way he was able to knock her out. Before any of them could ask him again about the reason why Milah had decided to appear just now he spoke again.
"I think we shouldn't tell Emma or anyone else about the Jolly Roger" – he said – "I think it's better if they don't know what happened"
"We can't keep this from them" – David said – "I doubt your dead wife is going to give up so easily"
"She was never my wife" – Killian corrected him.
"Details … the important thing is that they need to know; they need to be prepared" – David insisted.
"I don't want to involve Emma in this" – Killian said – "I don't want her to know about –"
"Milah" – Robin said – "You don't want her to know about Milah"
"Yes, I don't want her to know about her because I don't want her to worry … I don't want her to put her walls up again" – Killian explained –"We are building a life together, a life that I never thought I would want, but I do … I want it more than anything in the world" – he added – "Telling her about this will ruin everything"
"Killian, your life is linked to hers" – Robin reminded him – "You can't just ignore that"
"I know that, but don't you see it? If I tell Emma then this becomes real" – Killian declared like he was on denial.
"This is already real" – David said.
"Look, all I'm asking is for us to keep this as a secret for now" – Killian tried again – "We don't have to lie to them, we just have to hide some information" – he said, feeling already guilty for having those kind of thoughts – "We just tell them about the storm and the island and then we tell them that this men found us … we can pretend that they are fishermen"
"These men have their hearts out of their chests" – Robin said – "How are we going to explain that?"
"We aren't" – Killian stated.
"But didn't you make a deal with them?" – Robin asked again, trying to understand Killian's plan.
"Yes, I did" – Killian said – "That's why, once we arrive, I'm going to talk to Gold"
"You're going to talk to Gold?" – Robin asked in disbelief.
"Aye. It appears that our business is not over, after all" – he said already trying to figure it out how he would tell Gold the news.
"I still think this is a bad idea" – Regina said as they put their bags on the boat.
"I'm the Sheriff and you're the Mayor, technically we're not stealing the boat" – Emma said, getting aboard.
"I'm not talking about stealing the boat and you know it" – Regina replied – "Do you even know how to read a nautical chart?"
"Did you put all the bags on the boat?" – Emma asked, ignoring Regina's complaints – "It's almost sunset, we need to go before Mary Margaret decides to show up and ruin all of this plan"
As soon as she finished her sentence, her phone started to ring. It was Mary Margaret
"Speaking of" – she said to herself. She got out of the boat and went to the boat house.
Regina was already on the boat. She was at the bow of the boat looking at the ocean when suddenly she saw something on the water. At first she couldn't really tell what was it but then, she realized that three boats were approaching the docks.
"It can't be real" – she murmured to herself.
She searched for her phone and called Henry telling him to meet her at the docks and to bring Mary Margaret too. She looked around trying to see Emma but she was still inside of the boat house.
Regina got out of the boat and started to walk through the docks, trying to be as near as she could from the boats. She couldn't take her eyes from the boats, searching for a familiar face. She noticed that one of the boats was slower than the other two that were moving faster. Suddenly a voice made her heart beat faster than ever.
"Regina!" – she heard someone from the boat yelling. She tried to figure it out to which boat she should look when someone stood up from one of the boats and made her knees tremble. Robin.
She could feel the tears on her face and her whole body trembling. She put one of hands over her mouth, trying to stop crying but she couldn't. She closed her eyes, trying to calm herself and after a few moments she felt something wet touching her face. Regina opened her eyes and saw herself reflected in the most beautiful eyes that she had ever seen.
Before she could say something, Robin kissed her and she responded to the kiss immediately. She could feel his hands on her waist and smiled. When they finally pulled back Regina noticed that Robin was completely drenched.
"You're drenched" – she said smiling and crying at the same time.
"I couldn't wait any longer" – he said as their foreheads touched.
"That's your excuse for jumping overboard?" – Regina teased.
"I missed you" – Robin murmured.
"I missed you more" – she said, feeling the tears appearing in her eyes, again.
"That's not possible" – he said, cleaning the tears from Regina's face.
"It is" – she replied – "When I saw the remains of the boat … I, I thought you were dead" – Regina said, trying to hide the trembling in her voice.
"I would never leave you alone at the altar" – Robin said, caressing her face, trying to make her laugh.
"No comedic timing, at all" – Regina said, smiling at the same time.
Robin opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted.
"I think my mom is about to show up. We need to hide the bags from the boat before she finds out about –" – Emma didn't finish her sentence. She was looking at Robin like she was seeing a ghost – "Robin … how, how are you …"
She saw some movement behind Regina and Robin and then she saw her father running towards her. Before she could even react, her father wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight.
"Oh thank God, Emma" – he breathed – "Are you okay?"
"Are you?" – she asked smiling – "I can't believe you're really here … how … what, what happened?" – Emma nervously asked – "Dad, I thought …"
"I know, honey" – David said, caressing her hair – "I know"
Emma didn't know how much time she hugged her father. All that she knew was that she missed him and the way he always was able to calm her down just by caressing her hair.
"I need to call mom" – Emma said, releasing herself from the embrace – "She needs to know… and …" – she started to search for her mother's name when suddenly something inside of her woke up – "Dad, where is Killian? Why isn't he here?" – she nervously asked and almost froze.
David was about to reply when Mary Margaret appeared. Henry was already talking with Regina and Robin.
Emma was used to the public demonstration of affection of her parents but seeing them and Robin and Regina reunited made her heart ache. Her family was back and she was feeling more alone than ever.
Why wasn't he there? She was trying to fight the tears that were starting to appear in her eyes but the pain inside her chest was so strong that it was like she couldn't breathe anymore.
The sun had almost disappeared in the ocean but when the last sun ray started to say goodbye, Emma saw the last light of the day illuminating him.
She didn't even have time to think twice. Her legs started to move faster than ever because distance between them was simply not a possibility, it had never been. She jumped into his arms and in a blink of an eye, Emma's body collided against Killian's firmer one. She wrapped her arms around his neck and burrowed her face against his shoulder. Killian felt her tears staining his shirt and her body trembling against his chest.
Emma's legs were wrapped around his waist. He pulled her even closer, tightening his hold around her as he took in the smell of her hair and skin, feeling that a huge weight had been lifted from his chest after a week without her.
They remained like this for a long time. Their silence only interrupted by Emma's sobs.
"Killian" – she tried to say, increasing her sobs.
"Sssh, love" – Killian softly said, caressing her hair – "It's okay … I'm here"
Another sob immediately raked her whole body and he felt Emma shaking her head against him.
"I tried to find you … I did …" – Emma said with a trembling voice – "but I couldn't …" – she said, lifting her head so she could look at him.
The sight of her red and tired eyes was like a knife through his heart. He had seen her hurt and sad but he had never seen the amount of pain and guilt that was now plaguing her beautiful face.
"This wasn't your fault" – he gently said, putting a strand of hair behind her ear – "None of this was your fault"
"I thought I had lost you …" – Emma said gripping on the thin material of his shirt, bringing him even closer.
"You didn't" – Killian said, looking right into her green eyes – "You won't, I promise"
Her fearful gaze met Killian's deep blue eyes. She crashed her lips against his making sure that he was really there, that he wasn't an illusion. There was so much more that she still needed to tell him but right now, all that she wanted to do was to show him how much she had missed him.
A few seconds later she left his lips and gasped for air. They looked around the docks expecting to see the eyes of their family on them but there was no one else around.
"It seems they gave us some privacy, shocking" – Killian said touching Emma's nose with his own, making her smile.
"Let's go home" – she said and Killian smiled.
When Emma and Killian entered in the house, Henry jumped from the couch and ran towards Killian, hugging him tight. He had wanted to do that at the docks but Regina told him to wait just a few more minutes and let Emma and Killian have their moment.
"I've missed you" – Henry said.
For a second, Killian was taken aback by Henry's words but then, almost unconsciously he brought him even closer.
"I've missed you too" – he said.
"Can you tell me one of your stories before I fall a sleep?" – Henry softly asked.
"Of course" – Killian said – "I've missed our story time" – he added.
"Me too"
After he put Henry to sleep, Killian went to his and Emma's room. She was lying in bed with her eyes closed. He made his way towards her and lay down next to her, trying not to wake her.
"I used to sleep on your side of the bed" – she said, opening her eyes.
He wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her closer to him so they were both on his side of the bed.
"This version is better" – Emma said, burying her head on his chest. After a few seconds she spoke again – "We need to talk"
"I know …" – he murmured, feeling his heart race because he was not ready to hide things from her; he was not ready to lie – "Do you mind if we talk tomorrow?"
"No, it's fine … We have time" – Emma said, caressing his face – "You must be tired" – she added before kissing him.
Killian knew that Emma would want to talk; she wouldn't be Emma if she didn't. He also knew that she was pretty good at finding out when he was lying so he really needed to find a way to make her believe in him.
As much as he hated himself for not telling her the whole truth he knew that it was the best thing to do for now. Talking about Milah, and the prophecy and the linking spell wasn't going to change the fact that he was cursed by his ghosts from the past. And even knowing that he was indeed cursed, he refused to curse Emma too and if the only way to prevent that from happening was not telling her the truth, so be it.
Hours passed and, unlike Killian, Emma was sound asleep. Knowing that he was right there, with her, made her feel safe and as much as she wanted to spend the whole night making sure that he was really there, she was so exhausted that she fell asleep sooner than she expected.
Killian tried to fall asleep but he couldn't. He stood in silence seeing the way the moonlight touched Emma's face, contemplating the way she breathed.
Suddenly the peaceful silence was interrupted by a knock on the window. Killian slowly got out of the bed, making sure that he didn't disturb Emma's sleep.
He saw a crow on the other side of the window and opened it. The bird had a note wrapped around its paw.
As soon as Killian grabbed the note the crow fled leaving him alone with the small note on his hand. He read the note, wishing that he didn't:
Glad to see you're still a pirate.
Love, M.
That Milah, what a bitch (:
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