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    Soulmates are for the privileged few, the good, the fairytale heroes. Soulmates are for love stories, and Regina’s love has only ended in pain and loss. A soulmate would be a waste of her ability, and she persuades herself of it so vehemently that she can stand naked in her castle, surrounded by mirrors, and pretend that she isn’t searching for a tattoo on her skin anymore.

     

    She casts a curse, rides to a castle to find a savior, and wakes up in a strange house that is to be home from now on. She’s won, and it’s never felt so fitting.

    When she dresses for her first day as mayor, she sees it: an intricate mark against the tan skin just beneath her breast, shaped like a sunburst with a web woven through it. It’s a new world, it’s a new destiny, and she touches her mark and is as afraid as she is wondering.

    Written for Swan Queen Week Day 4: Soulmate AU.

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