Previously in The Collar

"Are you alright?" Red's concern immediate, once again visually assessing her pet's well-being as she awaited her answer.

"Yes, that feels better. So, so much better, thank you My Queen. I hadn't realised how bad it had become until it stopped," Belle overcome with a relief she hadn't known she had needed and, muscles relaxing, Red stepping close to her side to offer support and taking some of the slave's weight as Belle leaned against her mistress gratefully.

"She's protected, as are you by your amulet," Regina reaching up to toy with Red's magical pendant, the one she had gifted her to help her control her change and strengthened with various magics over the years. "Go rest and I will call you to me when I am ready. It will be after luncheon on the morrow."

"Thank you, My Queen," Red leaning her forehead against her own and Regina sending a calming wave through their bond, the wolf allowed herself to relax, just a little.

"Slave, wake Red should anything change then you must both come to me immediately. Understood?"

"Yes, My Queen," they chorused before taking their leave, not before Red was awarded a deep kiss, Regina cupping her face with both hands before holding worried green eyes with her own.

"Be safe."

"I will."

Xxxx

Red escorted Belle back to her rooms after their audience with the queen, hand placed protectively on the small of her back and only removing it when the door was locked behind them.

"Come here," Red sitting as she had before in her chair, Belle coming to kneel at her feet feeling anxious and -. This time when Red's hand connected with her breastbone she felt nothing but the fast beating of Belle's heart. Belle gasping as the strong fingers of Red's other hand held her chin so she was unable to look away.

"Are you scared?" Red's brow furrowing with a frown as she listened to the slave's heart race.

"Yes. I trust the Queen's magic, I feel safer now but I am still scared of what is inside me," Belle replying honestly, biting her lip as she was enraptured by the piercing gaze of her mistress.

"Breathe with me, I will keep you safe," the wolf promising as she took a deep, slow breath, pleased when Belle mimicked her. "You are mine to protect. Nothing can hurt you here. You are safe. You are mine!" The last a low rumble of a growl, eyes shifting to yellow and teeth sharpening but Belle did not flinch, the sight both reassuring and arousing. Red noticing the change in her scent immediately.

"You like the wolf?"

"I do, I feel safe knowing how strong you are," Bella confessing softly.

"Just safe?" Red cocking her head, always more instinctual when the wolf prowled close to the surface.

"No," Belle shaking her head slowly back and forth. "I like the power of you, of your wolf. It makes me wet." Red growling and pulling Belle up into her lap, the slave squeaking in surprise. She was well musculatured and not short of height but Red handling her easily until she was straddling her mistresses thighs.

"Show me," Red instructing.

"Yes, Mistress," Belle lifting the front strips of her leather skirt with one hand and dipping the other between her legs and into the silk underwear Red had provided for her. Scooping as much fluid up on her two fingers as she could Belle withdrew and held them up for her Mistress to view.

"Good, pet," Red circling Belle's wrist in a firm grip before pushing the fingers into the slave's mouth. "Suck." Watching as Belle sucked her own fingers clean then was pulled into a rough kiss. Red liked that her pet was proving strong for a human woman, it meant she didn't have to constantly watch her strength as she often had with the queen's bedmates.

Red standing and lifting Belle in her arms, the slave's legs wrapping around hear waist as she was carried through to the bedchamber and tossed onto the large bed.

"I want to help but -," Red frowning. Her own experiences with fear, waking terrified out of her mind screaming in the night to be held by the queen, were not comparable to how her pet must be feeling. She hoped. "What can I do?" She'd spent enough time berating the queen and Emma for not communicating so she took her own advice.

Belle blinking, looking up at her mistress as she asked the question, knowing Red was not cruel but neither was she one to reveal her emotions. "I feel safe when I'm with you," the slave answering honestly.

"I will be here all night with you," Red pledging. "Come here," a finger beckoning.

Belle slipping off the bed and standing before her, holding still as her mistress began to remove her harness and tunic for her, tugging it off over her head and being careful not to catch her hair in the buckles. Next Red unfastened Belle's skirt, unwrapping it from her waist and adding it to the pile of clothing on the floor. Belle shivering, not from the cold as the rooms were always pleasantly heated, but from the look in the wolf's eye.

Holding still as her mistress loosened her chest wraps, freeing her breasts and then sliding her underwear off her hips so it fell to the floor. Fingers lingering there, tips running across her hipbones and the valleys around them.

"I like the way you look," Red murmuring as she inhaled her pet's scent, bending to bury her nose in the crook of her neck. "You are extremely attractive to me and I am pleased to call you mine." Belle gasping as sharp teeth pressed gently against the skin under them then tugged at her collar. "I want to make you feel safe. Stand still."

"Yes, Mistress," Belle obeying but feeling overwhelmed by the attention, and confession. Surprised when strong arms wrapped around her, pressing their bodies together in a tight embrace.

"When I was a girl the Queen would hold me like this, it helped with my terrors. I want to help you," Red confessing softly into Belle's ear. "It is my responsibility to provide you with what you need and I believe most benefit from such contact?"

"Yes," Belle almost too overcome to speak, "this feels very good. Thank you," a rumble from Red's chest the only reply but she did not pull away. Belle's cheek resting on the wolf's chest and able to hear the strong beat of her heart.

As Red held her pet she became aware of two things; she felt pride that she had correctly applied emotional support and the fact that her pet was becoming aroused, this causing another rumbling growl to escape and it was then she loosened her hold.

Belle remaining still as her mistress stepped away (but feeling the loss intently) and watched as she went to the large, carved oak wardrobe that stood against the far wall of the room and returning with a long coil of rope.

"You liked it when Emma bound you, yes?"

"Yes, Mistress," Belle nodding, thrilling at the sight of the smooth, black coils.

"On the bed. On your back."

"Yes, Mistress," Belle replying clearly and climbing onto the bed as instructed, laying out on her back on top of the linen sheets. Red ran hot and furs were too much, even for Belle with the heat of the wolf always keeping her warm.

Red starting at her pet's ankles, rope winding slowly around and between them, a knot tying it off before it went higher and higher. Enjoying the feel of her slave's smooth skin over hard muscle, progressing as far as Belle's knees before tying another knot and cutting the rope with a single, unsheathed claw.

Belle unable to do anything but stare up at her mistress as she concentrated on her work, the rope surprisingly soft as it caressed her skin and bound her calves together.

"Arms, out in front, palms together."

"Yes, Mistress," arms held out. Waiting.

Red now binding her hands and forearms so they were locked out in front of her body. A few more twists of rope and a firm but gentle repositioning of the slave's body had her wrists bound to her knees so she was curled forward, bound for her mistresses pleasure.

"Lie still." Red pulling a red silk scarf from her pocket and covering Belle's eyes, a final knot and she stepped back.

"Yes, Mistress." Red taking a moment to appreciate the display then quickly stripping off her shirt, pants and underwear. A few adjustments and she crawled onto the bed behind her pet, angling her body so she was curled around the slave.

"I want to fuck you," Red growling as she slid her arm over Belle's waist, a sharp tug and their bodies were pulled flush together. Belle whimpering at the tight hold she was now in and her mistresses intent. "Do you object?"

"No, Mistress!"

"Do you want this?"

"Yes, Mistress."

"You must promise never to lie to me when I ask that question."

"I promise, Mistress."

"Good pet, just relax for me now," Belle feeling her mistresses other arm slip under body and between her bound arms, fingers stroking across her breasts and nipples, already hard they stiffened even further at the touch. "I want to hear you." Belle's questions answered and she let out a guttural moan vocalising everything she was currently feeling. The ropes against her skin, the darkness, the heat of the body behind her, the arousal those fingers on her breasts were causing and the safety of the hold around her waist.

"I want you to stay as relaxed as you can, I'm going to fuck you and use you," sharp teeth nipping at the nape of her neck making Belle quiver with anticipation, her thighs getting slick with need. The arm around her waist shifting so the hand could cup her, rocking the heel of it against her already swollen clit.

"Please, Mistress. Please!" Belle was already begging. Everything about this was setting sparks off in her brain, travelling out along her nerves and leaving her panting, desperate.

Red enjoying the taste of the slave's skin under her tongue and the sounds and the scents -. She bit down, not breaking the skin but hard enough to mark what was hers. Belle cried out, it hurt but it -. Teeth remained clamped and the hand between her legs moved, fingers finding the swollen nub and brushing it lightly.

"Please, Mistress," another gasping cry escaping Belle's mouth as she reacted to the gentle touch, it wasn't enough it -. It was suddenly too much as a thick shaft broached her entrance and sliding in deep. She froze, breaths coming in sharp pants as she tried to adjust to the girth, she was stretched to her limits and was thankful her mistress was still, it stung and her cunt throbbed with a dull ache as it clenched around the mass inside her.

"I need you to relax for me, be my good little pet and just relax," Red murmuring softly in her ear, stroking gently over her clit and nipples. "You belong to me and I want you to feel me everywhere. Inside you, stretching you, owning you. You're mine and no-one else gets to touch you like this, to fuck you," a sharp jolt of the wolf's hips bumped against Belle's cervix and she whimpered. It didn't hurt, just reminded her how full she was and the way she was impaled.

"I can feel you," Red growling in the slave's ear. "I can feel how tight you are, how hot and wet you are inside. I can feel your blood pounding."

"But how?" Belle barely able to think but something in her managing to ask.

"A gift from the Queen, my magic," Red groaning as she felt Belle clench around the phallus the queen had given her. "My magic is inside you and I can feel you. Be still now, be good for me."

"Yes, Mistress!" Belle now hyper aware of her cunt and the effect it seemed to be having on -.

Red now slowly canting her hips so she was pressed as far inside as she could get, "Relax for me, deep breaths. In and out. In and out." Belle breathing, obeying, body going limp for her mistress. "Such a good pet, that's it. You have no control, you belong to me, Only to me," Red feeling the slave open up and letting her in deeper, a moan rent from deep in her chest. "You. Are. Mine!" A sharp nip of teeth punctuating her words.

"Yes, Mistress. Yours, Mistress," Belle's eyes closed behind the blindfold, breathing steadily, deeply as she had been told. Body now totally limp floating within her bonds, mind overcome with the need to please her mistress, to be good for her, to belong to her. She was barely aware yet hyper focused on the point there bodies joined. So full, so content, so relaxed, so hers.

Red feeling her pet surrender, holding her close, breathing in her scent. She didn't move, still revelling in the additional sensations pulsing through her. It was a little overwhelming but it felt so, fucking, good! Thoughts punctuated by three sharp thrusts of her hips that caused her pet to whimper and clench tightly around her, Red groaned at the added tightness that caused.

"Please, Mistress!" The words cutting through Red's fog of arousal and appealing to her baser instincts, hips beginning a steady rocking as she fucked into her pet slow and deep.

"Does that feel good?" Red husking in Belle's ear.

"So good! Big but good, I can -," Belle cutting herself off.

"Tell me, tell me how it feels," Red groaning.

"I feel stretched, Mistress. So full, you're so big and I feel tight and wet," Belle answering, gasping for breath as the assault on her body continued.

"Do you want me to fuck you harder? Deeper?"

"Yes!" Belle crying out in desperation, the thought of being fucked by her mistress exciting her, as were the hands now kneading her breasts and tugging roughly on her nipples.

"Such a good pet for me. Just relax, lie still. Let me fill you up. Let me own you," Red growling.

Belle's body shuddering at the words, brain switching off, cunt throbbing and so full.

"Oh, good girl!" Red praising as the slave's body relaxed and let her in even deeper. She continued to thrust, eyes rolling back in her head as Belle laid against her, body pliant, trusting, as she was fucked.

Belle was lost, she could feel her mistress inside her and all around her but she couldn't focus on anything, not the ropes binding her, not the thick shaft inside her, not the feel of wolf teeth tethered to her shoulder, not the hands on her breasts. She could feel it all at once, everything mixed up into a melting pot that overrode her logical brain and coalesced into only one thought. Hers.

Hers as she was held, hers and she was bound, hers as she was fucked, hers as she was used by her mistress. She had no means to recognise what approached, no means of stopping its onslaught. Thrusts now pounding into her so fast and so deep. So fast and so deep. So fast and so deep -. She was suspended, hanging, falling, crashing, exploding.

Red feeling her pet's orgasm ram into them both, cunt tightening unbelievably tight and body going rigid for a prolonged moment accompanied by a wailing cry until sagging down into the bed. Red coming with her own groan of satisfaction as the shaft was freed from the ion grip and the rush of feeling amplified by her innate magic and she came hard, expelling that magic through their connection and into her pet. Belle's body arching against her mistresses hold as the magic entered her, nerves lit on fire and mind going blank.

Red lay a few moments, exhausted and overwhelmed. It had been a while since she'd experienced such a climax and it had taken its toll on her. A sniff of her pet's neck and assessment of her heartbeat told her the girl had passed out but was well. A low rumble and casting about of her senses out into the palace told her all was also well in the wider environment so she allowed slumber to take her.

Belle woke. Panicking for a moment when she didn't feel red in the bed next to her but fur - . Opening her eyes she blinked, no longer blindfolded. A glance in the mirror on the wall opposite the bed showed Red curled up around her in wolf form, a yellow eye cracking open when she sensed her pet was awake. A lick to the back of the slave's neck reassuring her that she could rest longer, the sun had not yet crested the palace wall and nothing requiring their attention at this early hour.

Belle closing her eyes but not before cataloguing the shaft still buried inside her but no longer attached to her mistress. It felt good though, full and heavy, slightly sore but nothing she would not treasure. A sigh, snuggling back into the soft fur behind her and hearing a pleased rumble from the wolf before sleep claimed her again.

Xxx

Regina had very reluctantly left Emma after their morning's activities but looking forward to their evening together. The return of intimacy had been extremely satisfying, as had having her tongue deep inside Emma as she fucked her.

"Red?" Regina calling out to her wolf as they sat around the table in her study going over the usual palace business.

"My Queen?" Red reaching out to take the piece of parchment she was being offered.

"Read it and sign it if you agree?"

"Alright," Red immediately turning her attention to the proclamation already signed and sealed by the queen, beginning to read it aloud as she noted its content. "I, Queen Regina of the Dark Kingdom, give Emma Swan safe passage throughout the Kingdom and give her the full rights and title of her birth." Red looking up to study the queen before she spoke. "Does Emma know about this?"

"Not yet," Regina sniffing and looking away, eyes straying to the glass paned door that overlooked the gardens and the bench her pets were so fond of when taking their meals.

"Alright, it's a start. I will sign," Red scrawling her signature next to the queen's. "I'm glad she is already beholden to you as she has a legitimate claim to the kingdom which some may wish to manipulate for their own gains."

Regina snorting at the very idea. "She is bound to me, she is not interested in ruling." Red nodding her agreement, Emma was loyal and no amount of political weaselling would change that.

"But it won't be a shock to anyone when you name her your consort, you know?" Her grin wolfish.

"She has to agree first," an indignant huff that only made Red smile. "She has yet to figure out that she is a free woman."

"You haven't told her?" Red squeaking in a very un-wolf like manner.

"Well, I reasoned that if the change was gradual she would acclimatise much more easily. I will simply refuse to reinstate her collar in the morn and 'wing-it' as Emma says."

"This could all go horribly wrong," Red sighing, passing the parchment back now that the ink had dried on her signature.

"If she doesn't feel trapped she is less likely to reject me, she needs to come to this on her own terms."

"I believe you are correct but I also believe you are being foolish, Emma is too smart to fall for that. And what in the kingdoms is wrong with just talking to her?" Red once again exasperated with the ridiculousness of the pair, watching as the queen stood and paced to the door.

"I tried and she could not handle it. Although Maleficent made me see that my timing could have been more prudent."

"You think?" Red shaking her head before rising from her chair and standing before her queen. "I am sorry this is taking such a toll on you, even though you and Emma are the last to realise how perfect you are for each other." Red had no idea where her confidence had sprung from but understood the pain that was being felt despite her own part in the punishment debacle. "I am sorry." Regina freezing as long, strong, arms wrapped around her and she was held ever so lightly against the wolf's body in an embrace. The feeling alien to her and not shared with Red in such a way since she was a child. Red holding a little tighter until the queen relented and relaxed against her, Red's familiar scent soothing, as was the feeling of her heart beat and magic pulsing under her cheek.

"Thank you, my wolf," quiet words whispered as they stood for moments longer, each benefiting from the contact, a contact initiated by Red twice in as many days, what was becoming of her? She mused ruefully as she held the queen.

"How is your own pet?" Regina pulling back and straightening her gown as Red returned to her chair.

"She slept deeply and felt fine this morning she says. I was relieved, your wards seem to have really helped her."

"Good, I shall call you both to my inner chamber later in the day. I must prepare some potions first."

"Thank you, -. I have come to care for her and would not wish to see her harmed by the curse," Red muttering and Regina eyeing her knowingly. "It seems we exhibit the same follies when dealing with those we care about." Their eyes meeting but nothing more was said on the matter.

"I will lift it if I can but it may take some time to discern what has been done to her. Fixing a curse when you know its purpose is child's play, identifying a curse's intent is much more time consuming, and frustrating."

"I understand, My Queen. And thank you for helping her."

"I do it for us all, having the Imp's magic inside the kingdom in any form is a danger,"

"Agreed. Send someone for me when you are ready, I would like to be present."

"Of course." Smiles being exchanged as Red departed for other business, the signed parchment clutched in her fist as she went to seek out the members of the council.

Xxxxx

Regina was finalising her morning's business when she suddenly felt extremely angry, it took a moment for her to realise it was Emma's anger she was feeling. Sitting back in her chair and probing further through their bond she concluded it was nothing to concern herself about and that Emma would seek her out if needed. Red appearing through the doorway of her study just as the bell rang summoning the first shift of soldiers to the communal dining halls.

"I've delivered the proclamation to all who matter. They all signed it," Red placing the document on the queen's desk with great care. "Shall we eat?"

"Yes, I'd like to begin my tests as soon as possible. Where is your pet?" Regina questioning and Red pausing to communicate with Greta.

"She's with the other slaves, Emma has sent them to the kitchens to bring us food," Red announcing after a moment. "Emma is on her way here now."

"Oh!" Regina feeling a little apprehensive, unsure why but she would deal with that soon enough.

Emma had left the slaves and gone for a quick bathroom break before seeking out the queen in her study, arriving before the slaves and the food she had ordered them to fetch.

"May I join you for lunch?" Emma knocking on the door that stood half open and seeing Red and the queen already seated at the circular table.

"Yes, of course. How has your morning been?" Regina finding it difficult to converse normally with Emma with Red there to observe.

"Hmm, good question," Emma lounging in the doorway, arms crossed over her chest. "But first I need to know how you would like me to behave when we have company?" Emma nodding towards Red and Regina felt herself blush. But, reminding herself of what Maleficent had advised she replied honestly.

"As you wish, in the presence of Red or the slaves."

"Understood," Emma straightening up and crossing the room to where they sat, not taking a chair as Regina had expected but sitting down on the table and swinging her legs around so they were either side of the queen. "I've missed you." Regina breath catching as Emma leaned down and kissed her, hands cupping her face and tongue moving into her mouth. She didn't resist, finding this version of Emma extremely intoxicating.

Red watched the couple open mouthed, she knew things must have changed while in Emma's world but this -. It was blowing her mind to see the queen so trusting and responsive and put yesterday into much better context for her, and made her feel so much more guilt for her role in things. So much more, her stomach roiling.

"Enough!" Regina finally pulling back to catch her breath and looking up at an extremely smug blonde. "Sit so that we can eat. And tell me what upset you so?" Emma rolling her eyes but doing as she was asked, knowing that it was a request and not an order. Taking the seat next to the queen she caught Red's look of utter surprise and winked at her.

"I went to see Alexis to order some training aids for the slaves. She tried to punch me so I knocked her down," Emma shrugging as she explained the situation.

"How dare she -!"

"I provoked her a little, she was defending your honour so I don't think she deserves to be punished, Regina," Emma having the decency to look sheepish as she confessed. "I'm feeling a little ansty today and she pushed my buttons so I pushed hers right back."

"Did you hurt her much?" Red querying just as the slaves arrived with the food. "Put it down and kneel," Red ordering Belle.

"Wolf," Regina summoning Greta to her side and clicking her fingers at 116 for her to kneel next to Emma, the slaves doing as commanded and the conversation resuming.

"I knocked her down and warned her to back off, she got the message. Can you see?" Emma asking and tapping her temple.

"Yes," Regina reaching out and placing her fore and middles fingers against the same spot and easily accessed Emma's memory which she then shared with Red.

"She deserved it," Red snorting but she was grinning. "But you definitely pushed her. She needs to get laid."

Mistress?" Belle daring to speak.

"Yes?" Red curious.

"Last time I visited the armourer with Greta she offered me a job, well ," Belle quickly noting Red's expression shift rapidly to a scowl. "I mean she suggested it as I'm Amazon and strong. Maybe if she was found an apprentice it would ease her workload, she looked very busy and maybe hasn't had time to uh -." that was where her confidence faltered and she fell silent.

"It's a good idea," Emma agreeing as she picked at the food on her plate, "take away some of the stress and it would be a good move trade wise too."

"I will send a messenger and request a few able bodies who would like to learn a trade," Regina approving of the suggestions. "Where is Eva?" Regina thinking it would be a good initiative for the faye to oversee.

"We passed her in the hallway, she was with Lucy," Greta informing the group.

"Red, speak with her when she is free."

"Yes, of course My Queen," Red nodding her accord.

"Did Alexis accommodate your needs?" Regina asking as she fed Greta a piece of bread and watched Emma also feed the slave by her side, approving of the delicate way the food was taken from her fingers, Emma holding eye contact with the slave as she did.

"She did," Emma now looking to the queen. "She was quite amenable for the most part."

"What did you require?"

"Oh!" Brows raising as Emma leant over to whisper in her ear.

"That will indeed be entertaining," Regina's arousal rising at the thought, "always so inventive!"

"Well, being away gave me some ideas and like I said I've been feeling ansty so -," Emma trailing off as she turned her attention back to the slave by her side. Their eyes locking before Emma refocused on the queen.

"Hmm, we shall have to discuss that this eve," Regina musing, the thought exciting her and the half smile Emma was giving her told her that she was also looking forward to it.

"Yes, Emma and I have been discussing your training, pup," Greta locking eyes with the queen as she was addressed directly. "It has been lacking in its harsher points. What happened to your face?" Regina now noting the reddened cheekbone as it caught the light.

"She was rude to Belle, I disciplined her," Emma growling and Greta hanging her head, ashamed.

"I see," Regina catching a brief image from both the pup and Emma and her arousal rose again seeing Emma acting unfettered. "Feel free to carry on such reprimands where necessary."

"I will, thank you," Emma nodding and appreciating the clarity, aware that neither of them were fans of PDAs she snuck her free hand onto Regina's upper thigh and squeezed, knowing it was out of sight under the table but wanting some kind of contact. The pulse of surprise and -? Satisfaction, Emma felt through their bond made her smile to herself. Regina liked it and that made her happy, it was a stark contrast to the pure panic she had felt the other morning. This she could deal with, enjoy even, as it was familiar and easy just as it had been in her world.

Belle was angled to the far side of the table from the queen and Emma, eyes going wide when she caught sight of what was going on under the table, Emma's hand creeping higher until it was pressing against the queen's crotch. Emma caught the girl's blush an raised a brow, Belle ensuring that her eyes remained up for the rest of the meal.

"Oh, speaking of Amazons," Emma swallowing the mouthful of pastry she'd just eaten. "What are you going to do with the one in your dungeon?"

"I said a month then I suppose she could go back to basic duties in the barracks," Regina curling her lip at the thought of the woman.

"Can I use her?" Emma asking. "This lot need regular weapons training and I can't be around all the time to supervise. Belle has the most idea but they need practice and direction."

"Hmm," Regina considering the idea, slightly distracted by Emma's hand that was now cupping her over her dress. "Red?"

"She's extremely loyal, although it was misplaced," Red musing. "I know she's competent and I've already had words with Braxas about finding an instructor for my pet. I don't want her in with the other soldiers so it may be an ideal solution. Speak to Braxas first, check she's experienced enough but she was Royal Guard so I can't see that being a problem. It would solve several problems."

"Indeed. Speak with Braxas and if he agrees then she is yours," Regina seeing it an ideal solution but the fact that Emma had suggested it was not a surprise, she was a problem solver.

"I will. Thank you."

Discussion of the palace's business took place until meal ended and it was time to investigate Belle's curse.

"Take her to my chamber," Regina instructing Red. "Wolf, you are not required. Take the slave to Lucy to be measured. Anything similar to your wardrobe will do."

"Yes, My Queen," Greta bobbing into a curtsey before leading 116 away and leaving Emma and the queen alone.

"You're stressed, what is the issue?" Regina now able to address Emma's mood.

"I'm having a dark day," Emma standing and pulling Regina to her feet, hands falling onto slim hips and tongue licking up the side of her neck eliciting a pleased gasp. "This morning was amazing, it's nothing to do with that, or you. I'd never be that way with you, don't worry," Emma reassuring the woman in her arms, face still buried in her neck. "Having the slave around is very tempting."

"She is, isn't she? I can see why you're so affected. Tonight we will play and I believe that will soothe your demons." Emma pulling back so they were eye to eye, Regina's palm falling to her breastbone and connecting their magic. The hit was intense, both immediately feeling the rush and Emma acting on instinct, lifting Regina up onto the table and pushing her back but careful not to pin her down.

"May I?" Emma's hand resting on Regina's thigh, over her dress, waiting.

"Yes," Regina looking up into intense but gentle green eyes. "I trust you."

"Thank you. I know we've -. Mmmph!" Emma silenced with a kiss and Regina guiding her hand down and under her skirts, not ready to have that conversation, not now when she was wet and Emma was right there.

It didn't take long before Regina was lying flat on her back on the table, heels of her boots on the edge to give Emma better access where she was between her legs and thrusting into her with two fingers as they kissed. Rough kisses and teeth but even so Regina felt safe, soft reassurances being murmured into her her ear each time Emma escalated the encounter, first one finger then two, thrusts picking up speed and depth as she tightened around them.

"Emma!" A cry as she came, their magic connecting and pulsing out within the confines of the room but no further as Regina corralled it, the backlash as it returned to them hitting Emma with her partner's ecstasy and sending her over the edge, collapsing next to her lover on the table

"Well!" Emma's breathing evening out after the exertion.

"Well!" Regina echoing.

"I could get used to that," Emma admitting softly, gaze trained on the ceiling. The words holding a much deeper meaning.

"We may speak of it over dinner, if you wish?" Regina offering somewhat timidly. "I will admit I did not time my confession well the other morn."

"No, you really didn't. It was a long night and the last thing I expected. I -, I'm sorry for freezing the way I did," Emma now turning her head to find brown eyes studying her. "I was exhausted and in pain and it was a big adjustment coming back and -."

"I am known to be impulsive."

Emma letting out a bark of laughter at the wry tone. "You definitely are. I'd be happy to continue this later, I think we should catch up with the others. I know Belle is scared, Red too I think. She cares for her more than she lets on."

"She does, I did not expect them to match the way they have but they seem extremely compatible," Regina agreeing.

"Let me help you up," Emma lifting her torso off the table with a flex of her abs, shaking her head when Regina simply floated to an upright position and a wave of her hand returned her appearance to the pristine.

"So smug," Emma chuckling and shaking her head as she followed Regina from the room, enjoying the view until she caught up with the queen.

Xxx

Next in The Collar

"We shall begin," the queen announcing and Belle shuffled a little closer to Mistress Red, wary of what may take place.

"Yes, she's ready," Red placing a hand on the small of Belle's back. "The chair?" A questioning brow raised.

"Yes, it is best she is still for this," Regina agreeing absent mindedly as she pottered around her work bench, flicking the side of a glass flask with her fingernail.