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“On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
12 royals ruling
11 portals ‘porting
10 nuns a praying
9 Swans a saving
8 hearts a pumping
7 dwarves a mining
6 spells a spelling
5 Evil Queens!
4 Charmings
3 curses
2 storybooks
And a werewolf with an apple tree!”
As their ‘song’ came to its’ end, Red and Henry descended into a chorus of raucous cackling and, despite herself, Regina couldn’t help the small smile that settled on her mouth as she looked fondly at the two people in the world – any world – that she loved best.