She'd spotted it as soon as the doors were opened. She knew they'd forgotten something in their mad chase back to their room just that something as important as that hadn't crossed her mind until she was looking directly at it. Surprisingly no one made a move to point it out choosing instead to simply pick up right where the last argument had left off the night before as soon as everyone had taken their seats.
Yet this time instead of looking toward the window just over Nes's head as she'd done the last three meetings Dorothy rests her head against one of the winged sides of her chair keeping an ear toward the rest of the sisterhood so she was able to catch what she'd learned from Red to be called the 'jist' of the conversation secure in the knowledge that thanks to their oversight the night before her now customary headache wouldn't bother her tonight.
As expected, the meeting lasted well into the day but unlike before Dorothy decides to speak when things inevitably moved to the topic of Zelena.
The other three quiet immediately when her chair scrapes the floor as she gets to her feet leaning over the table with both hands pressed flat against its surface as she looks into each face around the other side of the table "Look despite everything we know about her Zelena genuinely seemed to be completely dedicated to raising her baby daughter-"
Up until then their hero in the west had remained oddly quiet when it came to any conversation toward the whereabouts of her worst enemy. Not that any of the other members of the sisterhood blamed Dorothy for not wanting to contribute considering the last time she'd faced that green-skinned witch she'd ended up being put under a sleeping curse, yet to hear her defended Zelena so passionately now was unnerving.
Anyone would think it was Zelena herself or grown dragon barging into the room to roast them all to ash when the door rebounds off the walls.
"Our most censorious apologies- We couldn't stop her." Mulan pants her words all but lost in the warning growls coming from the beast she is chasing after.
"Your wolf is a quick one lass- Nor could I find her cloakâwe searched everywhere" Merida agrees out of breath herself when she follows in after the other two.
Dorothy lets a little smile grace her lips at the looks of awe on the other witch's faces as Ruby's pads closer her nails barely clicking on the stones as her predator girlfriend stalks closer. "It's alright she's fine." The Western guardian assures the uneasy warriors without taking her eyes from the rest of the circled table. Apparently, none of them have seen a full-grown werewolf in her true form firsthand before. Surprising considering the realm they had sworn to protect.
She bits the inside of her cheek to keep from giggling when two of her 'sisters' jump back against the back of their seats when Ruby reared up on her hind legs as soon as she reaches Dorothy's side her paws resting on the wooden surface of the table as if she was about to jump up onto it. Glinda at least breathing easier when the she-wolf's building snarl lowers to a softer growl at the scratching fingers braiding themselves in the fur between the animal's shoulders.
"I believe you all know my Ruby." Dorothy questions the love in her tone making everyone within earshot -including Ruby- smile as Dorothy reclaims her seat while Mulan and Merida quickly back out of the room most likely to stand guard at what was left of the door. "So, what other concerns did any of you still have about Zelena?"
Ruby dropped back to the floor with a low huff in frustration moving instead to rest her head against her mate's lap when it was clear the meet wasn't over yet.
"Actually, I think we all could use some time away." The fact that the comment had come from Brianna also known as 'Bri' of the North was enough to surprise all seeing as in all the arguments the last nights she'd been the spearhead.
Bri doesn't seem to care about the reaction to her words as she looks into each face including the wolf's before she speaks again. "As Dorothy has said Zelena is only a threat should she return so I say let's enjoy the time we have without her while we have it and use it to rebuild our respective territories until we know for sure what the next threat will be."
"Seconded."
That was another surprise seeing as normally Nes and Bri wouldn't agree on anything so quickly before.
"Red. Stop it." Dorothy scolds when her girlfriend gave her skirt another playfully hard tug to get her to stand now that the meeting had been called to an early end.
"Go on." Glinda laughs shooing them toward the door.
It was only after they'd slipped away from Mulan and Merida leaving the couple bickering over if they should get in one last sparring session before dinner and had made it a hallway away from their wing of the castle that Red tugged on her cloak.
"Did you really have to break the do-" Dorothy starts to say letting the cloak work its magic.
Ruby's mouth hot on hers stops anything other than a moan from following. Red using that to her advantage slipping her tongue into her girlfriend's mouth earning another lower groan as Dorothy's back hit the closest wall. Any other time Dorothy would be as red as her girlfriend's cape at the idea of someone catching them like this. Right now, however, her mind was busy savoring the hot trail Ruby's lips were making from her jawline to down the tight cords of Dorothy's throat.
"I liked that shirt Wolfie,"
The shirt in question now resembled a shabby vest as her girlfriend continued to kiss a trail down the valley between the trapped woman's breasts. "I did warn what would happen if I didn't get you before moonrise." Dorothy's arms are pined over her head at her wrists with a growled "Keep them there." against her lips in the form of a heated biting kiss.
"Why?" The question sounds hollow to her own ears, but she didn't care at the smug chuckle it brought from her true love as amber and golden eyes meet chocolate brown. Dorothy might not be a wolf but one thing she has in common with her true love is she didn't share what was hers. And Ruby 'Red' Lucas was most defiantly hers and right now anyone with eyes would be able to see at least some part of a body that was for Dorothy's eyes only.
Red, however, didn't seem bothered by Dorothy managing to remove her shirt off without the need to unclasp the cape from around the wolf woman's shoulders.
A fully body shudder racked over Dorothy at the more animal than human voice answering her as she back backed up against the wall a second time "I have a few hours left until actual 'wolfstime' and I intend to make the most of them letting everyone in the Emerald City know you are all mine."
Dorothy's breaching hitched her hands clawing at the stones behind her head at the teasing breath hitting the wet skin just above her belly button leaving little love bits behind.
"Humm you like that huh?" her wolf teases. Of course, she already knew Dorothy liked it. Since she'd stopped them Red has been using her growing knowledge of Dorothy's weak spots against her. Most recent and a surprise for both of them being how turned on Dorothy became after Ruby would lap at her bellybutton as if it were her sex.
"Hold this."
Dorothy scoffs arching off the wall long enough to let the skirt drop only to get caught around her knees. Thankfully for her Red didn't seem to care.
"God Kansas"
"Fucking hell Wolfie." All of Oz could file by and Dorothy wouldn't care so long as she doesn't lose the delicious feel of the love of her life's mouth against her soaked sex.
Her hand had dropped fisting in Ruby's soft locks the other to her strong shoulder the longer her wolf tormented her with that wickedly talented tongue of hers as the stroking finger inside her curled in on its next taunting thrust.
Anyone walking by would have thought Dorothy was the wolf given her howl of protest at the lose when Ruby pulls away with a scolding. "I said keep them up Kansas."
"Keep talking like that and I'm not letting you back out to go running around the woods tonight."
Something inside her brakes at Ruby's raised eyebrow. "You really think you can cage a wolf?" she's playing with fire especially seeing as her love's cape is the only thing keeping her other half from truly coming out.
"I'd never put you in a cage Wolfie." Dorothy corrects smoothing a hand in the kneeling woman's hair with a shy smile when Ruby's leans into her palm. "but that doesn't mean I'm above keeping you occupied in the bedroom overnight."
Not that she'd actually say the words but there was something so addicting in knowing that everyone that walked past their wing would know that Ruby 'Red' Lucas belonged to her and only to her.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were insatiable Kansas."
Ruby was on her feet fixing Dorothy's skirt for her as best she could knowing it would just be kicked off again as soon as they reached the bedroom. Her mate's smile was downright predatory as her fingers laced with Red's her legs only shaking a little as she tugs her wolf down the hall to their room.
"Then I guess it's a good thing you know me so well isn't it Wolfie?"
The groan Red lets out as her back hits the heavy wood of the bedchamber door is swallowed by Dorothy's lips on hers. "Can I tell you a secret?"
Dorothy grins against her collarbone licking and biting her way back up until she hit the underside of Ruby's jaw while they both fumble around for the latch. "Might as well but I would have figured it out on my own eventually." Red laughs low in her throat letting her mate back her toward the bed once they'd managed the door.
"I'm worse."
Everything that's clothes- save the cape-vanish as soon as Red's back hits the mattress.
"I'm counting on it."