Snow's eyes peeled open, her heart ached as she stared towards the ceiling, Belle screamed sexually from just outside the walls, the door throbbing as her body was being pound hard against it.
Snow clenched herself, reeling in sadness.
She always chose her. Ruby claimed to love them both, but clearly, she favoured Belle. They were so animalistic together, so raw and passionate.
All Snow ever wanted was to be loved completely, to feel like she belonged.
Thud, thud, thud.
The door rattled rhythmically in distress, threatening to fall into the house. Belle screamed and screamed and screamed and this went on for far too long... Snow wrapped her head in their cloaks, frustrated. Attempting to muffle the sounds. She desperately tried to make herself fall back to sleep.
Eventually, Belle gave a final cry of Ruby's name, and the thudding ceased.
Snow relaxed her arms and breathed a sigh of relief, listening to the two girls mumbling sweet nothings to one another.
She tried to distract her mind.
She was alone, alone in this empty room.
Everyone she loved was outside these walls, just like before...
Just like before.
Her stomach churned.
The scent of her baby's head lingered forward in her mind.
She sat up quickly, throwing her palms into her eyes to shield her from the feelings.
The sound of the swords crashing together resounded in her memories.
She tore her nails into the sides of her head.
Regina's voice echoed through her skull, stabbing into the back of her face.
She dragged her fingers down her jaw line, leaving behind a trail of red.
The sound of Regina's voice.
The feel of her child's soft new-born skin against her lips.
The thought of David's final moments.
The memory of Ruby's embrace.
The ideas of how her baby was murdered.
The craving for love.
The need for revenge.
The feeling of regret,
Disgrace,
Shame,
Guilt,
Anger.
She gripped her nails into the cold hard floor.
This whole time she had been losing sight of the real reason she had come back to the enchanted forest. Ruby and Belle had no idea, and for that she felt terrible.
Leading them to a different realm under false pretences was bad enough,
but leading them straight to the most evil woman who had ever lived was even worse.