I wish Mr. Gold would confide in Belle with the truth, but he won’t since he fears it would only drive her away. How does a man admit to murdering his first wife?
Also, I have a feeling that the FTL flashback with Belle and Mulan also involves Regina. There’s a clip in the Canadian promo in which Belle yells to Regina that she’ll “never stop fighting for him” and Mulan was just saying that all Belle needed to be a warrior was a reason to fight for. Perhaps the beast is conjured by Regina to capture Belle.
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"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy