A.N. I'm sorry for the long wait for this update .. I promise the next one will be done quicker (probably within the next two weeks if not sooner) because there's only one chapter left to go and then more than likely an epilogue. :)
I listened to the song, Million Reasons by Lady Gaga last night and proceeded to have a whole bunch of SQ feels for this story. So, much love to that song for providing me with the inspiration to continue on ..
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Nine years ago - Upstate, New York
"I can't believe I am doing this." Regina huffs as she bends down, lifting the comforter up and peering underneath the bed.
"Is it okay?" Emma's bright eyes widen as she slowly peeks down over the side of the bed. "Regina .. "
Regina has half a mind to scare the hell out of her but she thinks better of it because knowing Emma she will scream and that would draw unwanted attention their way. She sighs and flops the comforter back down and glares up at her lover.
"Yes, Emma, there are no imaginary gremlins hiding under your bed." She goes to stand up but Emma's hand touches her shoulder and she shakes her head.
She reaches over to the nightstand and opens the front drawer, pulling out a flashlight. "Here, shine some light just to be sure." Bright eyes widen again and Regina rolls her eyes at the younger woman before she begrudgingly takes the damn flashlight and shines it underneath the bed.
"Oh no, Emma .. after using this here magical flashlight, a whole slew of them have appeared! Quick, run, save yourself, darling .. don't worry about lil old me!" Regina plops down onto the bed, clicking the light off before her eyes find Emma sitting up against the pillows with her face buried in a pout.
"Har Har .. so not funny."
Regina's brown eyes twinkle as she begins to place gentle kisses on a calf, then a knee, up a inner thigh and finally an abdomen. Her eyes capture Emma's then and a shade of sea green gleams back at her. For the thousandth time, Regina thinks, she can get lost in that specific color that reminds her of a deep forest. Her heart begins to pick up it's beat as she feels soft fingers thread through her hair and Emma's legs quickly spread open just for her. Ever since they had become lovers, Regina can't get enough of Emma's taste, it scorches her tongue like liquid fire every time. She is always so warm, so wet ..
"Baby .. please .. " Emma whimpers and Regina catches another pout being thrown her way.
So needy, Regina thinks as she smiles up at her lover. "Tell me, Emma .. "
Emma blushes and Regina's smile deepens. Seeing her blush just fuels her on, and she kisses the damp spot that has christened Emma's navy blue underwear. She sniffs, breathing in her lover's arousal and she knows without even looking up at the woman that Emma's blush has deepened to scarlet.
"Fuck me .. " Emma bucks up toward Regina's mouth and the woman tsk's at her.
"I'm afraid you'll have to be a bit more specific, darling .. there are a number of ways I can fuck you, my love ..hmm .. "
Regina smirks and she can only sigh heavily in frustration because hearing Regina say fuck just makes Emma want her that much more. She hears herself whimper again and she catches the cocky smirk that is looking up at her through dimples laced in mischief. "I am so going to get even with you for this, you know that right?"
Regina smacks her lips together, blowing Emma a quick kiss and says, "Hmm .. I'm counting on it, dear .. now tell me, what do you want?"
"Your mouth .. god, your tongue .. I need .. I want your tongue fucking me, Regina." She whispers the last part and Regina watches as a bottom lip is bitten as eyes shrouded in desire glares down at her.
She pretends to contemplate this for a minute, mulling the request over until she feels enough tortured seconds have passed. She sits up and rubs Emma's folds with her fingers watching the damp spot grow on her underwear before she slowly slips the garment down and away from Emma's ass and thighs. "Spread your legs again."
And Emma complies, opening them so fast that she thinks she should be embarrassed but as she watches Regina's eyes darken as she takes in her glistening pussy, she isn't. Not one bit and she can't help but whimper once more, "Please, baby .. your mouth .. lips .. please, Regina .."
Regina slips down onto her stomach; kissing her and Emma slams her head back onto the pillow in utter frustration as she feels the brush of soft lips coast over the skin of her inner left thigh and then her right. Teeth nip at the toned flesh, biting down just hard enough for Emma to groan low in her throat. Kisses continue to be planted closer and closer to where she aches for Regina to be until she feels a warm breath blow gently on her clit and then she is being suckled in between plump lips and Emma sees stars. Bright, fast moving sparkling stars behind her shut eyes as a glorious pleasure courses through her abdomen and keeps up a dance with the intoxicating pressure that is building around her clit.
She moans one simple demand, "Inside .. " at the same time she feels herself filled with two slim fingers and she arches up off the bed. Her cunt squeezes Regina in, welcoming the sudden intrusion like a wild fire burning through the brushwood. The pressure continues to build inside of her, as Regina fucks her deep and finds her rough patch with every other thrust. Her senses start to swirl together as a slick tongue laps at her clit now. The tip flicking her quickly, matching the well tuned pumping of fingers that continue to work her up, stoking that ever growing fire. Emma comes hard against Regina's fingers, the stars begin to fade, dimming as she opens her eyes and then she is being pulled up and guided down onto a waiting mouth.
Regina is laying on her back now, in the middle of the bed while Emma straddles her, riding her tongue like a good cowgirl, she muses. She chuckles against Emma's pussy as it glides over her lips and Emma stops her movement; distracted by the vibration and sound. "What's so funny?"
"Hmm .. nothing .. tell you later .. right now, I need this .. " She feels Regina's tongue flick up inside of her, lapping her entrance and she bucks down onto the sleek muscle; grinding her hips against every other upward stroke and she comes again as Regina squeezes her ass.
The sounds of light lapping and suckling continue as Regina grooms her clean and Emma feels her heart pitter patter inside her chest as her skin begins to cool from the heated orgasm. She closes her eyes against the tender and gentle kisses Regina is bestowing upon her and sighs in content. Regina pats her ass and Emma dips down her body, straddling her stomach. She leans in connecting their lips together and she moans softly; tasting herself as fingernails gently run up and down her bare back. She doesn't remember losing her t shirt but at some point it had been discarded during their love making.
They pull away from each other's kiss and Emma buries herself into the crook of Regina's neck, nipping the inviting flesh there before she asks, "So, are you going to tell me what warranted laughter as your tongue was buried inside of me, my minx?"
She pulls herself up to look down into brown eyes and Regina feels herself grow wetter just by those few words alone as she squeezes her legs together and replies, "I was just envisioning you as my good cowgirl riding me, darling." She bites her bottom lip and winks up at her.
She laughs deeper and Emma bends down to whisper, "I want you to be, my cowgirl now."
She watches with dazed eyes as Emma slips off of her and crosses the room. When she hears a box being lowered from Emma's closet she immediately sits up and waits for her lover to return to her. The wetness between her legs grows and a familiar ache starts to tug up inside of her. The bathroom door opens and Emma saunters to her in all her splendid glory as Regina takes in the strap on. She licks her lips and smiles up at Emma who is now climbing back up onto the bed. She lunges forward and grabs Emma, pulling her in for a searing kiss and when they break apart, one word is asked against quivering lips, "Yes?"
Regina looks into Emma's eyes and whispers against her ear, "God, yes." She thinks it is sweet of Emma to ask though, to make sure she's okay with using the strap on tonight because Emma knows she prefers skin on skin. She craves the intimacy that Emma's tongue and fingers unleash on her but Emma also knows that ever since they incorporated certain sex toys into the mix, the strap on is Regina's favorite kink. She loves having Emma between her legs; fucking her hard and fast or making love to her with languid, deep thrusts.
Emma is kissing her earlobe, nibbling it softly when she asks, "Hey, where'd you go on me?"
Regina cups her face, pulling her in close before replying, "Hmm .. I'm right here, my love .. " as she slips her hands low and unties the knot that holds her silk robe together. A robe she had barely had time to throw on her naked body an hour ago as Emma had padded into her bedroom, shaking her awake and tugging her up and out of bed to check her room for gremlins. She never should have showed Emma that movie last week. Her breathing slows down as she feels Emma's fingertips push the garment off her shoulders. Lips latch onto a nipple, suckling and feeding on the hardened bud and Regina whimpers against the feeling. She guides Emma to the other breast and bites a bottom lip when the nipple is tugged hard into a warm, wet mouth.
Emma is a breast girl through and through. She can stay buried in Regina's chest forever and the searing brunette cherishes this fact as she takes in the erotic sounds her enjoyable feast is providing the room. She threads her fingers through Emma's hair, pulling her closer as her nipples get ravished.
After another minute passes, Emma reluctantly pulls herself away and finishes removing the robe, tossing it to the side. Her eyes find Regina's and she watches them dilate wide as she guides Regina forward so she is straddling her lap before she slowly slips inside her.
She moans into Emma's ear as she wraps her arms around the woman, relishing the feeling as her naked breasts press up against Emma's. "Does it feel good, baby?" The question gets whispered into her ear and she gasps as Emma kneads her ass, pulling her impossibly closer.
"Yes .. so good .. love .. " She pushes her gently backward onto the soft mattress before she sinks down onto the phallus again. She begins to ride Emma, her breasts bouncing faster as she speeds up and Emma licks her lips; enjoying the beautiful show her lover's body is performing just for her.
"I love you, Regina .. " Warm bright eyes look up into Regina's and the woman stops her bucking.
She leans down and kisses her, entwining their hands together before she whispers, "I love you, Emma. Always."
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Present Time - Upstate, New York
"Regina, dear, to what do I owe this honor of a visit?"
Her mother's smile is sweet and it brings a chill to her spine. She shivers and wraps her black trench coat tighter around herself. "You know why I'm here. You made Emma, Checkmate .. you somehow rigged the adoption Daddy had set up for me so I ended up with her son. And then you send her to kill me! Why, mother?! God damn it, just .. why?" She quickly wipes a lone tear away from her cheek and crosses her arms over her chest. "Just, no games .. they stop here. Once and for all. Just .. tell me why you didn't allow me one shred of happiness, why you didn't allow me and Emma to - "
"Oh, enough! You were a fool then .. a lovesick fool, and you are an even bigger fool now, Regina." She laughs cruelly and Regina wants to punch her.
Just once in the nose.
"You were supposed to inherit this." She waves her hand around the grand room before continuing, "You were supposed to be Queen, Regina .. for goodness sake, your name sake even warrants that but no .. my darling, inventive daughter had to go and muck it all up."
"It was my life!"
"It was mine! I brought you into this world, Regina and so help me - "
"You'll what? Take her out of it psycho bitch?"
Regina whirls around and Emma is standing in the doorway, with a gun pointed at one of Cora's trusted men. She quickly tucks the gun inside her leather jacket and snaps the man's neck. Regina's eyes widen and Emma's eyes catch hers before she looks at the fallen man and shrugs. "It's about time someone did Claude in, huh?"
She steps over him and points her finger at Cora, "You've been a very bad evil Queen, Cora Mills and I think it's time you were dethroned." Emma goes to reach into her jacket and Cora's voice stills her movements.
"Swan, you're not going to kill me .. in fact you're programmed to do just the opposite. You are programmed to save me at all costs."
Regina and Emma look at each other, confusion painted on both women's faces. Emma shakes her head to clear the cobweb Cora's words had just spun on her and says, "I'm not going to Checkmate you, Cora. I'm going to do something much worse." She takes a step forward and reaches once more into her jacket and pulls out a computer chip. She flips it up into the air and catches it, turning it over before her eyes find Cora's.
"You're going to jail, lady .. and by the looks of all the files I downloaded and don't be fooled, this is just one chip of many .. you are going to jail for a very long time. I think an orange jumpsuit will bring out your eyes better. Don't you agree, Regina?"
Regina can only stare at her mother as she watches the hatred pour out and bare into Emma and she knows this will never be over. Not as long as her mother is still breathing. Her life, and Henry's will never be their own, and certainly not Emma's. She will always be trapped and having to live a life looking over her shoulder. She has a vision of Emma laying on the ground in a pool of blood and then her mind flashes to her son and his lifeless body staring up at her with blank eyes and something inside of her snaps.
"No." Her voice is a whisper and Emma is standing next to her now, studying her face, eyes roaming fiercely over her own as Regina clears her throat and speaks again. "No .. I don't agree ... " She pulls the gun out from inside Emma's jacket and points it at her mother. "I think she needs to be put down like the rabid animal she is, Emma."
A blast echoes around the trio and the sound is deafening as another blast ricochets off the first and then a string of them occur. One right after the other. The walls begin to shift, the ceiling falls in chunks on top of them and the sound of flames crackling fills the room. Smoke begins to curl, turning from gray to black in almost an instant and Regina feels herself being pulled, tugged away. Emma's hand grips hers, holding her tight; close to her body and she is following Emma as she runs.
The crisp night air feels good on her lungs as she inhales it over and over again. She feels Emma let her hand go and she instantly reaches out for her, already missing the comfort of the touch. "I have to go, Regina .. I have to get your mother." Regina is trying to register the words over the police sirens and the honking of a Fire Truck that is wailing close by. Her ears are ringing though from the mix of blasts and she shakes her head roughly, trying to clear her hearing.
"Emma .. " She grabs onto her leather jacket, pulling her close. "Don't leave me .. please .. just stay." She pleads as tears fall quickly down her face; tears she doesn't even feel as they christen her skin.
She can see a hint of unshed tears swirl inside sea green eyes and she feels her heart tighten inside her chest and then Emma is looking over her shoulder and nodding and when she turns to see what has drawn her attention, Graham comes into view, reaching out for her and Emma is disappearing back into the crumbling house.
"Emma! No!" Graham is holding her tight against his chest, arms wrapped around her front and she hates him.
God, she will kill him for this.
"Let me go, Graham! Now!"
Emma can still hear Regina's cries as she enters the same way she had gotten herself and Regina out. The same side glass door that had been blown out with one of the blasts. She squints her eyes against the heavy smoke and instantly falls down to her knees. She sighs heavily as she can see again, breathing better as she power crawls her way back to where they all had been standing just a few short minutes ago. She stands back up and screams for Cora, voice cut raw in seconds as the smoke begins to claim her. She looks frantically around, falling onto her knees as she pulls debris away from the spot she thinks Cora had been standing on.
A shadow moves quickly up behind her and all Emma sees is a flash of Cora's smudged face as something heavy smashes over her head before everything turns black and she slumps to the floor.
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