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"Because becoming a princess means I have to get married to someone who I don’t even love. I want to be a knight but Snow thinks that’s a terrible idea and is making me marry Prince Neal so the kingdom doesn’t crash."Â
All at once, Regina’s defenses came tumbling down. Her loathing turned to a strange, twisted anguish, as she thought back on this very situation that she’d been forced into twenty years ago. How could Snow condemn her daughter to such a fate? A loveless marriage, like the very one she’d been trapped in?
The Queen stopped dragging on Emma’s chains just then, releasing her with a wave of her hand and clearing away the bruises.
"…your mother is making you do this?” she asked, just to be sure.
"Why did you let me go?" Emma asked, confused as she looked down at her hands that weren't chained anymore. "Yeah. It's for the kingdom you know? Apparently, Neal has a very good army or something. If we get married, she could use the army to destroy you. I don't want that. I just want to become a knight."Â













