Emma and Regina finally get married and their book closes as all the people in Storybrooke embrace themselves to live their happily ever after. They spend their romantic honeymoon travelling throughout the realms, searching for adventure. But when they thought they'd return to Storybrooke, they encounter a realm they never thought to be real, with stories much darker than the fairytales they were used to.
Now trapped in the Land of Untold Stories, Regina faces secrets she thought to be buried by the sands of time, including the person she hurt the most: the prince of vengeance, Hamlet. Can she trust Emma with her darkest sin, if it means showing her the depths of darkness in her soul? And if she can be honest with her beloved swan, what will stop Hamlet from destroying Regina's new found happiness?!
For the prince of darkness its simple, the queen must pay for what she did to him. So, he changes the past and paints Storybrooke's fairytale with the crimson look of tragedy. And as a new destiny is formed, the secrets the Charmings and the queen had buried come to the surface to challenge Regina and Emma's love and inevitably kiss the swan into fading in everlasting darkness.
The dark swan shall rise, for this isn't a fairytale anymore, dearies, Muah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
(NOTICE: This book follows Once Upon a Time: Finding your story, my stepbeliever fanfic with over 6k reads! ;)
Regina Mills: 34 years old. Teaches English and creative writing. She is very strict with her students and demands focus and order in her classes. She wants her students to excel. Regina has walls build around her heart, to protect herself from heartbreak and pain, which causes her to miss out on the things that doesn't cause pain, but has the potential to, like love and friendships. She has one friend, Kathryn, who's also a teacher. Regina's father died when she was young, and her mother is a cold-hearted woman. Regina knows that her mother only wants what's best for her, but her own idea of what's best isn't the same as her mother's. They don't have much contact anymore. Despite all, Regina has a big heart and feels things deeply. She wants to help her students the best she can.
Emma Swan: 17 years old. About to start her senior year in high school. She was adopted by Mary Margaret Blanchard and David Nolan when she was 14. They started fostering her when she was 13. Before that, Emma was always bouncing from bad foster homes to group homes. Like Regina, Emma has wall around her heart because of her very turbulent childhood. She doesn't trust easily and has a hard time letting people in - parents as well as friends. She has two best friends - Belle and Ruby - who was very welcoming when Emma first came to Storybrooke. They introduced her to their friends, making sure she never felt alone. Emma is starting her senior year, and has to do her best to get good grades.
You don't have to have watched Once Upon a Time to understand this book
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