"What do you want from me before you'll let me go?"
Waldo's eyes locked on Regina's face, his lips curving into a wicked, almost cruel smile. His wolf-like gaze bore into her, and he spoke slowly, his voice laced with cold certainty. "Let you go? Impossible."
The sharpness of his words felt like a cold blade cutting through the air, and Regina was thrust deeper into the abyss of despair. Her eyes shimmered with unshed tears, but she refused to let them fall, her lips trembling as she bit them, glaring at Waldo with a fury that seemed as if she would tear him apart with her very gaze.
Sean, watching Regina's restraint, felt a pang of pain in his chest. His eyes reflected guilt, but deep within them, there was an unmistakable sense of helplessness, as though... everything unfolding now was beyond his control.
