Regina sneered to herself at his explanation, not yet turning back to him. She didn't know how she could put a stop to such gossip, but it was undoubtably causing a problem for her. Everytime she tried to get to Snow, she was being warned, enabling her to flee or worse, raise an army.

"Then it must be silenced," she then said slowly, not caring how impossible a task that was. The Queen never listened to reason, which was how she'd ended up this way.

Turning on her heel, she presented herself to him again, lifting her chin and fixing her eyes on his.

"Tell me how I stop them," she ordered. "You were part of that world, you must know a way."