Chapter 347

• "I wouldn't be suffering?" Regina asked, her eyebrow slightly lifting but not entirely. "Sophia, let me remind you that before I met you, I spent my entire life suffering. There wasn't a day I wouldn't walk around with a new injury sustained to my body, remember?" Her thumb gently wiped away a tear from the corner of Sophia's eye, followed by one of her own. "What happened today… That's nothing compared to what Leopold could really do. This is child's play to him. Believe me, I know."
• "Well, I'm here." Said Sophia, wiping away another fallen tear from Regina with her thumb, and taking Regina's hand into her own, their fingers lacing together. "Whatever else he brings, we'll be ready next time."
• "We can never be ready." Regina shakes her head. "The one thing that kills me is the fact that he used his own daughter's pain for his own benefit and sick pleasure. And it worked."