In spite of herself, Regina gave a smoky little laugh that faded into rich, sly amusement as pieces clicked into place. "Well, that explains it."

Let him ask if he cared what it explained. The list was long, and tangled with some of her darker deeds--Graham, Ruby, Snow, the silver mines--but she'd found peace with Snow and a workable alliance with Ruby, and she understood now why she'd overreacted to Graham. But what she meant, primarily, was that it explained Yasmeen.