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A/N:: i have a better idea of where i want this to go now, so updates should be more frequent for this story, if life allows it of course. this update was originally longer, but the last part got cut off and put at the beginning of the next, so apologies for the short update. hope everyone likes it. enjoy and review.
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-Present Day, Castle of the Evil Queen, Undisclosed Location-
To say Regina was having trouble sleeping was an understatement. Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw the image of her blonde bedfellow crouched over her, her hands grazing through the empty air so close to her body that she could feel a phantom touch, though there was no physical contact. The memory kept forcing her eyes back open and she'd turn her head to look at the other woman who was sleeping so soundly.
To say Lady Swan captivated her was pointing out the obvious. This woman was an enigma; everything she should be feeling, that a normal captive would be feeling, she cast aside as if she had no need of normalcy. She was quick to joke and tease, and there seemed to be a smile playing at her lips far more often than not. It was an unexpected but surprisingly delicious reprieve from the usual fear she was met with. It is empowering to know you are feared, but she found it much more empowering to know she was revered and respected. That's what Lady Swan made her feel, revered.
Their first little sleepover the previous night, they had both been exhausted and slept fitfully. But she noticed tonight that Lady Swan, though still sleeping soundly and quite contentedly, was slowly migrating across the mattress in her sleep. It wasn't much, maybe a foot an hour, but she came ever closer as the night wore on, until, in the hours before dawn, her body pressed against Regina's side and the brunette felt a surge of heat sail through her body.
The feral part of her brain urged her to wrest the blonde beside her awake, to take her, to claim the body and the pleasure that the woman had denied her the night before. She wanted to touch the blonde, wanted to taste her. It wasn't in her nature to stand idly by while her playthings teased her desires. But then… Lady Swan had never been a plaything, had she? If Regina believed herself still capable of love, she had no doubt that it would feel something like what she felt when she looked at the sleeping form next to her.
"Your self control is impeccable."
She was snapped out of her thoughts by a sleepy voice at her side. She looked over to see the blonde, her eyes barely open, regarding her. "What?" She reached out and fondly pushed a strand of sleep tousled hair behind an ear.
Emma yawned, but managed a shrug. "If I was you, I would have fucked me by now." The curse word lost its crudeness when spoken so softly, and a minute after she uttered the words, the blonde had fallen into a dream state once more.
Regina stared at her. Did that mean she had wanted Regina to demand access to her body? It surely sounded that way. Was this just another challenge? Just like the one that had earned her access to Regina's bed in the first place? Yes, Lady Swan was quite unexpected.
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-Present Day, Castle of King James and Queen Snow White, (unoccupied) Enchanted Forest-
They all gathered in the meeting chamber. The room was crowded, but everyone needed to be here for this. They'd all need to be on the same page if they were to win this. All separate attempts to thwart the Evil Queen had failed miserably. But now there was too much at stake for there to be failure.
"The Evil Queen has gone too far this time!" Snow slapped her hand down on the stone table and despite the thickness of the rock, the impact still sent a resounding thud through the room, as if it recognized the importance of what they were doing here. "She has kidnapped a woman of the common folk, a woman who did nothing to provoke attack. Where will she stop? We can allow this to go no further!"
"But how can we ever hope to challenge her?" Red stared at the Queen from her place at the table. "We have tried countless times to overtake her. Cinderella sent the entirety of her army. The Evil Queen scattered their bodies the whole was back to the castle, where she murdered Cinderella."
The were murmurs of agreement all over the entire room. Everyone knew that the Evil Queen had slowly but surely been removing the royals from power, one by one. Jasmine, Cinderella, Ariel… all had found their ends at the hand of the dark woman.
"So, would you expect us all to just turn our backs on the destruction she's wrought? Are we to wait for her to seek us out? Come now, friends, do not tell us you have already consigned yourself to death." James put an arm around his wife's shoulders.
"We have something on the Evil Queen. It is the reason she has not attacked us directly. I'd like to share it with you all now. With the power of the pieces, we may have the advantage on the battlefield." Snow White looked at each of the people around the table, finally ready to tell them the truth.
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-Present Day, Castle of the Evil Queen, Undisclosed Location-
The guard showed her into a large office like room. There was a desk to one side with a chair, books lined several bookshelves and medieval-esque art hung on the blank walls. As in every room she'd been in so far, there was a mirror in this one as well, near the desk. In the center of the room was a large, carved wooden table, oddly enough it was devoid of any chairs. This was where she found Regina standing.
"You called."
The edge of Regina's mouth turned up in a pleased smile. "You answered." She held out a hand and beckoned the blonde. "Come."
Lady Swan didn't hesitate, which pleased the Queen immensely, and crossed the room to her side.
With a flick of her wrist the flat, smooth surface of the table began to shift and distort, rising in some places, falling in others. The whole process took less than a minute, but once the magic had dissipated, the blonde was staring in wonder at the new surface of the table, made to look like a three dimensional map.
"This is amazing."
Regina smiled. "Where you're from, magic is obviously not common place."
Emma shook her head, unable to tear her eyes away from the map. "No, it's not. Not like this." Finally she turned back to the woman who everyone called the Evil Queen. She reached out, placing her hands on the older woman's hips, sliding them up her sides, over the tight satin bodice, up to her shoulders and back down her arms. She was about to pull her hands away when the dark woman's hands caught her wrists, drawing the blonde's hands back to her hips. She held them there for several moments indicating she wanted them to stay there and then finally let her grip on her wrists loosen. Emma easily got the hint, caressing the smooth satin beneath her fingers. Regina wanted contact, and for now, Emma was willing to relent. She glanced over her shoulder to the map. "So what brought all that on?"
Regina looked at the table. "That is a map of the entire Enchanted Forest, to scale of course. I thought maybe we could find your home."
Emma closed her eyes to make sure she had time to disguise the hurt before she met Regina's gaze with the playful glint she'd had since arriving here. "Are you so eager to get rid of me?"
Regina shook her head, her face completely serious. "On the contrary Lady Swan, the more time I spend in your company, the more I find I want to keep you forever." Her voice lowered to just above a whisper. "You fascinate me."
Emma leaned up, her lips barely grazing the older woman's jaw. "Is that so?"
Regina nodded, her eyes fluttering shut at the heated contact, however brief, of the other woman's mouth.
Emma pulled back, keeping her left hand on the Queen's hip, but removing her right. The Evil Queen wore tight black leather trousers and a jacket that was low cut at the bust and had a corset like emphasis, pushing her chest up and leaving the tops of her breasts exposed to the public eye. Emma had a feeling most all Regina's clothes were meant to seduce and they certainly achieved their goal. Her right hand reached up and stroked the flesh exposed to her.
Regina gazed at the blonde woman reverently stroking the tops of her breasts. "Lady Swan?"
"Hmm?" The blonde met her gaze but didn't stop the soft brush of her fingers across sensitized flesh. "Are you ready to give in then?"
Regina's eyes fell closed. "Give in?"
The younger woman smirked. "To me." She made to replace her fingers with her lips when someone clearing their throat gave her pause. Her hands pulled from the brunette so fast that she fell back against the table, but when she turned to see who had caught them, there was no one there.
"This had better be good!" Regina's voice was a lethal growl.
"It's is my Queen. I have the information you requested earlier."
Emma tried to contain her gasp when she finally realized who was speaking, or rather, what was speaking. It was the mirror by the desk. Where once its surface had merely reflected the room back at her, now it was clouded over and the face of a man stared out at them.
"Lady Swan?"
Emma turned her attention back to Regina.
"I have some business to attend to. It should be brief. Will you take a walk with me when I have finished?"
The blonde nodded. "I'll be in my chambers." She headed for the door, glaring at the mirror as she passed.
Regina wasn't sure, but she almost thought she heard the departing blonde whisper 'cockblock' under her breath as she exited the room.
