Chapter 38

Belle hadn't said anything on their way back to Ruby's apartment. She was glad for Will and Coraline's company and escort home because it gave her time to think about what she wanted to say to Ruby as she calmed down. She knew that it would do her no good to be riled up while she was trying to talk Ruby out of what they were planning to do.

She had listened quietly as they discussed the plan after dinner. She hand added what she knew then and talked privately with Regina. She knew that Ruby was upset with her revelation about Rumple, but she was also upset with Ruby thinking that she could actually take on Rumple and Belle wouldn't cure. She knew that Ruby had a protective side. She liked it, but she hated it when she tell the need to sacrifice herself lot' the betterment of others. Belle knew that it would be u hard discussion und it wasn't really her decision. That didn't mean that she had to like it, either.

When they got to the building, Coraline and Will said their farewells and headed downtown to the collage than Will was renting at the Major Oaks. Belle watched as Ruby smiled after them, knowing how her cousin had essentially fallen for her niece. She shook her head at the thoughts knowing how Regina's curse had totally skewed their entire existence and that there was so much distance and blood between them that it wasn't incestuous.

Belle said their goodbyes and pulled Ruby inside. She watched as Ruby waved briefly before stumbling along behind Belle. Amused by the Wolf's stumbling frame, she continued up the stairs to her apartment, not giving Ruby a chance to catch herself as they went.

She threw open the door and stomped her way over to the bed. She sat down with an unusual flourish and waited for Ruby to say something about her behavior. Ruby however just watched her, unsure of what to say because she could sense the anger rolling off of Belle in waves and she wondered what she had done to cause it. Staring at each other, the fire burning in both the hazel eyes of the Wolf and the sapphire of the librarian, Ruby finally look a seal in the recliner across the room from her bed.

"What?" Ruby finally asked breaking their silence when she couldn't take it anymore.

"I am not sure that you want me to tell you," Belle replied.

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to know, Belle. You've been distant since dinner. We agreed not lie to each, remember? What's wrong?"

"After everything that we've been through, you didn't think that it prudent for you to talk to me before you decided to make yourself cannon fodder. Did you think that it would upset me? Did you think that I wouldn't care what happened to you?" Belle questioned with pain and anger in her voice.

"I knew that you would, but I also know that I don't want anything to happen to you. We all know than Rumple is crazy and he is unpredictable, especially when it comes to you. I wasn't planning on dying, either. I just want to help them get him over the line. I know than you might have some issues when it comes to him. I didn't want to cause you more issues by having to worry about me," Ruby replied.

"You seriously thought that I wouldn't worry about you anyway?"

"I don't know, Belle. I am worried about what Rumple is planning. I'm worried that people are going to die that don't need to because of his insanity. I am scared that we aren't going to be able to stop Coraline's future from happening. I don't want to lose my family and friends. If I have to die to make sure that happens, then I am willing to do it. I also know that Regina and Will aren't going to let me do it, either. They are going to find a way to destroy him...permanently, Belle. You already know this."

"I know that they are going to try, Ruby, but that doesn't mean that you have to sacrifice yourself in the process. You can't do that, Ruby. You can't. I don't know what to say to you to convince you of than, but you just can't. If anyone is going to sacrifice themselves for Rumple, it will be me," Belle said.

"And, why do you think that is going to happen?"

"Because he is my responsibility," Belle answered.

"No, he isn't, Belle. It isn't your fault that he is the Dark One. He has no one to blame for that but himself. He has caused so much suffering on his own before you surrendered to him during the Ogre Wars, Belle. Don't punish yourself for him," Ruby begged standing up from the chair.

"How can I not? I could have stopped this years ago. I could have stopped him."

"When? He's pushed you away at every turn when you tried to get close to him, Belle. He knew that you would be his undoing and he kept you far enough away so that he wouldn't fall in love with you completely. He did that to protect his power. He certainly didn't do you any favors. Belle, you tell for him because he was there, not because he was trying to be a better man."

"I know that now. Regina explained that it is called 'Stockholm Syndrome.' But, even beyond that, he did take care of me here. He fought for me. He loved me for a while," Belle replied.

"Until the quest for power became too great of a need again?" Ruby asked.

"No, I think it started after Neal died. I just didn't want to see it. He has been pulling back into the darkness for some time. It wasn't until Coraline and Will showed up that I finally couldn't take it anymore. He tried to destroy my baby sister, Ruby. He tried to hurt her just because she wasn't really my blood, because she lied to me to protect us. How could he do that? He knew that I loved her like a real sister. I don't care that she isn't my blood, Ruby. I never did. She is my baby sister."

"Who becomes our daughter," Ruby added.

"Even more of reason for me to be angry with him about it. How could he hurt an innocent? How could he let the evil take him over so completely?" Belle questioned.

"Because he is the Dark One, Belle, he didn't have a choice. Once he became the Dark One, the darkness owned him, body and soul. I'm surprised that he lasted as long as he has."

Ruby could see the pain and suffering in Belle's eyes. She crossed the room as she fell both of their anger lessening. She sat down on the bed next to Belle and took her hand. She didn't know how to comfort her. She didn't know what else to say. They were both upset by the situation they found themselves in, but they were helpless to stop it. Ruby knew that they could give into their anger, but it wouldn't do any good for anyone.

They needed to find a way than they could deal with Rumple without anyone dying. It wasn't going to be an easy feat. Ruby knew that they were all willing to die to protect the town, Henry and Coraline, and all their loved ones. She also knew that they were going to bicker about who was allowed to sacrifice themselves to do it.

"Could Will survive it?"

"If Regina allowed her try, I think that she would," Ruby replied.

"Why wouldn't Regina let her?" Belle asked.

"Because of who Wilhelmina is. She is Vulcannonian. She is damn near indestructible now. Can you imagine what she would be like as the Dark One?"

"I can't imagine any of us being the Dark One but Rumple."

"That is why Regina isn't going to let anyone confront him. She is all for us pushing him over the line. It is what happens to him once he is over the line that frightens her the most."

"Why?" Belle asked.

"lf he dies, what happens to his darkness?" Ruby asked the librarian.

"I don't know."

"No one does and that is why it is scary."

"Promise me that you won't go up against him, Ruby," Belle quietly demanded.

Ruby leaned into her. She knew that she couldn't promise that. None of them could. But, she could try to do her best not to kill him, maim him a little, but not kill him. She could give Belle that much, but not much more. She hoped that it would be enough for Belle.

"I'll do my best, but you know that I can't promise you that. I'll promise you that I won't actively seek him out. but l can't say that I won't do anything if he tries to attack. I can't give you that. Belle. I'm sorry," Ruby told her.

Belle squeezed her hand and told her, "I know that. I was hoping that you could, but I know that your honor and your Wolf nobility won't allow you sit back and do nothing. I get that, Ruby. I really do. I know that I might ask you to do things that you feel you have to do, but it is only because I care about you. Don't you see that? I can't lose you to this madness."

"You aren't going to lose me to anything, Belle."

"You can't promise me that, Ruby. No one can. We aren't guaranteed tomorrow. We only have today," Belle said. "And, even Rumple is going to upset that."

"Not if we don't let him," Ruby said.

"I know. I am trying not to let it get to me but it is hard. I used to love him. I was his wife. We shared a life and now he is going after everything that I love. I can't let him do that. I can't let you be the ones that pay for my mistakes. I have to find a way to make him stop, Ruby. He is my problem, not yours."

"I think we already told you that it wasn't your fault. Rumple made his own bed. Besides. Regina owes him for more than you can know about. He has hurt all of us in some way, Belle."

Ruby turned to look at her more fully. She found herself losing herself in Belle's hypnotic sapphire eyes. She smiled as she held her hand hoping that Belle could feel the emotions that she was trying to give her. She didn't know how to tell her beyond that she cared. They had agreed to talk about that morning later, but Ruby wasn't sure that she was ready to have that discussion with her. She wasn't ready for Belle to tell her that cared for her but not like that. She loved Belle enough and she was still ashamed that she had been so forward, but she couldn't help but smile at Belle returning her kisses.

"Can't we just forget about it for right now?" Ruby suggested.

"Then what do you want to talk about?" Belle asked her.

"This morning," Ruby said quietly.

Belle smiled at her. She squeezed her hands tighter. She looked up into Ruby's fiery hazel eyes. She saw a depth of emotion shown there that she'd never seen in anyone's eyes before.

"Ruby…are you sorry for kissing me this morning?" Belle asked her.

"No, definitely not. I have never been more sure of anything in my life, Belle. I am sorry if I scared you. I didn't mean come on so strong. I just…"

"Shut up, Ruby," Belle told her placing a single finger over her mouth.

Belle leaned forward and kissed Ruby. She kept it chase and quick. She was trying to gauge Ruby's reaction. The day had been long and hard on the all. She needed to see what Ruby was thinking. She needed to make sure that Ruby was still with her even after everything that had happened that day. She needed to know that Ruby wanted to be there.

Ruby leaned into Belle. She could fell the warmth of Belle's body next to her. She could smell the warmth of her and the sweet smell that was just Belle. Ruby fought to keep some sense in her head as she fought her inner Wolf.

"Ruby, what are you thinking?" Belle asked the anger from earlier completely gone.

"I am wondering why you are even here with me right now," Ruby told her.

"You are a beautiful woman. I am honored that you think of me that way. I won't deny that it surprised me when I find out, but it explains so much between us, Ruby."

"Oh, God, you just want to be friends. I've scared you. I never meant to scare you, Belle. I'll just go sleep on the couch. You take the bed. I am sorry…" Ruby said getting up from the bed and started for the door to her bedroom.

"Ruby…stop."

The Wolf turned around and looked at the smaller auburn headed woman. There was hope in her eyes, but she dare not let it show completely on her face. She looked into her sapphire eyes and wondered how deep the affection really ran behind them. Ruby stood stock still.

Belle got off the bed and walked over to where she was. She took both of Ruby's hands in hers. She turned up and looked into her hazel eyes. It was the briefest moments that she could her eyes flash yellow as she kept the Wolf inside back. She smiled up at her and rose up onto her tiptoes. The kiss that followed wasn't chaste. Belle poured her entire being into it. She needed to make Ruby understand how she felt.

Ruby stood there as her hands rose to wrap themselves around Belle's waist. She pulled up her up further into her frame supporting Belle's weight. Belle wrapped herself around Ruby's body. She felt as Ruby backed them up to the bed. Ruby turned just in time to sit down on her own ass and hold Belle wrapped around her waist.

Belle pushed Ruby just a little. Ruby didn't budge though. She did however allow Belle to deepen the kiss. She felt her tongue brushed over her lips. Ruby couldn't help but smile as she opened her lips to allow Belle's tongue entry. The kiss was telling them each what they wanted to know. It spoke volumes about what they couldn't tell each other in words.

Belle broke the kiss first. She pulled back just enough to look into the darkening eyes with yellow flecks. She wanted to know what Ruby was thinking. She couldn't help but smile. Ruby's expressions were more pronounced in the sanctuary of her apartment. She had never seen her so expressive.

"What?" Ruby asked her.

"What took you so long?" Belle questioned.

"I…you were…I don't know."

"Kiss me, Ruby. Kiss me like you mean it. Kiss me like you want to kiss me," Belle told her.

Ruby leaned forward and kissed her. She didn't question the librarian. She wanted this. She wanted to taste her. She wanted to have her. She wanted to possess her and Belle was willingly giving herself over to Ruby and she couldn't be happier at the situation.

She had to put herself into the kiss. She had to make Belle understand that this wasn't just an infatuation. She meant every touch, every sigh, every kiss that she was giving Belle. She had to give herself over completely and softly. She didn't want to frighten her.

Belle broke the kiss. She heard the small whimper that Ruby made as she pulled back. It was the first time that she actually looked at Ruby closely that night. She took in the black oxford shirt with the thin red pin strips. The dark indigo jeans were tight and accentuated her curves and ass. The shirt was unbuttoned almost to her cleavage. Belle stared at her pale skin and licked her lips. She stared up into Ruby's hazel eyes and smiled.

Ruby looked at her. The blue dress that she was wearing matched the blue of her eyes. The dress was accented with a thin black leather belt. She held Belle close her and firmly to her lap.

Belle leaned back some more until she was a full arms-length away from Ruby. She linked her fingers behind Ruby's neck and teased the base of her scalp. The more she touched Ruby, the more she wanted to touch her. She watched as Ruby's eyes fluttered shut.

"Belle…"

There was no warning in her voice like there had been in the morning. Now, there was something else, something deeper, something emotional. Belle just smiled at her and continued to run her fingers through Ruby's hair.

She made a point to memorize every bit of Ruby's face. She let go of the nape of her neck to run her fingers slowly over Ruby's face. She stopped at Ruby's cheek and cupped. Admiring the way that Ruby leaned into her hand, her eyes dropped to Ruby's mouth. The need to kiss her became too great and she couldn't resist anymore. She needed to taste her lips. She swiped her thumb against Ruby's lower lip as she leaned forward to capture her lips with her own.

It was a slow kiss. Languid at first and then it deepened when Ruby ran her tongue slowly over Belle's lips. She opened her lips just enough for Ruby to thrust her tongue inside her mouth. She could taste Belle and she couldn't help but moan as she felt Belle's tongue massage her own.

Belle not to be outdone kissed her harder. She felt Ruby's hands move up from her hips up her sides. She could feel the heat from Ruby's hands as they ran over the bumps of her ribs. She sighed as they settled on her sides. She could feel Ruby trying not to squeeze her too hard because she was worried about hurting Belle with her Wolf-strength.

"You aren't going to hurt me," Belle told her, taking a breath in-between kisses.

"I could though," Ruby answered.

"I've seen the way that you look at me, Ruby. You won't hurt me. You don't know how. You are so gentle and loving. You are loyal to a fault. You haven't ever done anything that would make me question your decisions or your actions. You are a beautiful creature, both human and Wolf. And, I am honored that you care about me," Belle stated.

"Belle, I don't just care…."

"Ruby," Belle interrupted her.

"Yes?"

"Shut up," Belle told her and kissing her so she couldn't say anything in return.

With her knees on the bed and surrounding Ruby's thighs, Belle pushed up just enough to be a little taller than Ruby. She looked down on her and smiled. Unused to be lower than Belle, all Ruby could do was smile up at her. Leaning down and kissing her, Belle brought her hands back around to Ruby's front. Ruby held on to her still with her long fingers wrapped around her ribs, thumbs just below the swell of her breast as they kissed hungrily. It took everything that Ruby had not to rub her thumbs across Belle's nipples.

Belle on the other hand realized that Ruby was going to be conservative and honorable. She knew that she would have to make the first move, like she had this morning when she kissed Ruby. It wasn't a matter of not wanting Belle and Belle knew that. It was the fact that Ruby was afraid of herself and what her Wolf-side libido could do if she let it be unleashed. It was a risk that Belle was willing to take because she knew that no matter what Ruby did to her, it would be out of love and desire. It would be an emotional coming together of two souls that were seeking not only the need for a base connection, but a passionate embrace of mind, body and soul as one.

Ruby tried not to hold her breath as Belle slowly kissed from her mouth to her jaw line. When she found the spot just below her ear, she growled. It was more like a deep moan, but Belle didn't care. She decided to catalog that spot for later adventures with the Wolf. She nipped and licked her way down her throat until she found the sinuous spot where the muscles of Ruby's shoulder and neck connected just at the base. She bit down and lavished the spot with her tongue. She was rewarded by Ruby dropping her head back and letting out a long moan.

As Belle came down and around the front of Ruby towards her chest, her hands curled into Ruby's shirt's collar. She slowly let the collar go and worked her hands down the front of Ruby's shirt. She wasn't amazed to find out the Wolf wasn't wearing a bra beneath, but she was delighted by the fact. Her fingers stopped at the first button. She slowly undid it while staring into Ruby's eyes watching the hazel fade into the golden yellow of the Wolf. Ruby never blinked as the first button was undone, or the second, or the third. On the fourth button, Belle had to look down and away from the pure, unadulterated passion in Ruby's eyes.

"Belle?" she quietly questioned.

Belle's head snapped up, but she didn't stop her quest on undoing all the buttons on Ruby's shirt. As their eyes met, Ruby could see the desire there, but it was hidden slightly. Like a frightened child that had been yelled at and abused, she could see the fear of what they were doing in Belle's eyes and it made her want to hurt Rumple more.

To Ruby, Belle was love. That is all she was. She was pure as Snow, loyal as Emma, and emotional like Regina. She was everything in one and she was nothing like at them at the same time. Ruby knew that her years with Rumple had done things that Belle wouldn't talk about.

"Belle…"

This time when Belle met her eyes, they were different. The cobalt fire that was burning in them was all-consuming and illustrious. The passion that Ruby saw was no longer hidden away. It was brought to the forefront and it was on display for whomever dared to see it. She was opening herself up completely and Ruby was in awe.

Belle grabbed ahold of the shoulders of the shirt and almost ripped it from Ruby's body. The force of the movement caused the shirt to bind in several places and Belle was not amused. She would have torn it from Ruby's body if she could and Ruby realizing this, eased Belle's hands from one of her favorite shirts. She leaned back just a little to pull out of Belle's reach and took off the shirt. She dropped it on the floor beside the bed.

Belle looked down at the bare flesh. She licked her lips and stared. She couldn't help herself. She slowly ran her fingers over Ruby's front. She traced every scar that told tales of the wounds that she had suffered while fighting in the Enchanted Forest. She looked at every detail of the peach-toned flesh beneath her eyes and all she wanted to do was kiss it. Licking her lips again, Belle pushed at Ruby's shoulders until the taller woman was lying across her bed. When her shoulders hit the comforter, Belle followed her down and kissed the valley between her breasts. Ruby sucked in a breath as all the air in the body whooshed out at the touch of her lips.

Belle looked up and into her face. Scared that she had hurt her somehow, Belle stopped kissing her. It wasn't until one of Ruby delicate hands brushed across her cheek that she resumed her torturously slow loving of Ruby's chest. Each kiss brought new sound spilling from the usually better contained Wolf. Each touch caused a new inhalation of breath as each caress caused an exhalation. But, for Belle, it was a symphony of sound that she would never tire of hearing.

Finally unable to stop herself, her hands wandered to the handfuls of flesh that had been staring at her since they were uncovered. Ruby felt like she was clay in the hands of a master artist. The way that Belle molded her hands to her skin, the way she squeezed and massaged the flesh beneath her hands, and the way her lips grazed over her skin as if she was praying for the moment to never end were all going to send Ruby over the edge before Belle ever really touched her. There was just too much feeling behind every glance, every lick, every brush of skin and they both thought that they were going to explode from the sheer intensity of it all.

"By the gods, Ruby…" Belle exhaled as she ghosted her up a breast before engulfing it with her mouth.

Ruby arched up off of the bed, her hands falling to the comforter, as she tried to ground herself into something other than Belle. Belle was reveling in the skin contact that she had with the Wolf but she wanted more. She let go of the breast, much to Ruby's dismay, and leaned back. Once she was back on her haunches, she reached behind her back and found the zipper to her dress. Keeping her eyes locked on Ruby's, she slowly undid it, letting the dress pool around her waist. She watched as Ruby's eyes, still golden yellow, widened at the sight of her slightly sun-kissed skin. But, it was when Belle's hands disappeared behind her back for the second time and then her bosom was revealed to the Wolf that Ruby almost lost her sanity.

She couldn't hold herself back anymore. Her arms moved before she could tell them not to and suddenly, she found herself above Belle, who was on her back. The deep blue sea of Belle's eyes only softened more as Ruby leaned down to kiss her. This time it wasn't chaste or sweet. It was raw and powerful and everything that Belle wanted.

The kiss made her feel desired. It made her feel loved. She didn't need to be dainty with Ruby and she knew that. She didn't want that for herself. So, feeling the want, the passion, and the desire that Ruby had for her rolling off in waves, Belle soaked them up like a dry sponge and her body and voice begged for more.

"Ruby…" she breathed as Ruby dipped her weight into the mattress and took to kissing her.

It was everything that Belle could do not to scream to the heavens. Nothing had ever felt so right to her but that moment and Ruby's touch upon her body. It was like her body had been drowning in a sea of nothingness and Ruby's touch, her lips were giving her life again.

"Ruby…" she moaned out.

Ruby enjoying the sounds that she was getting Belle to make was only spurred on further by the sounds. The heat between them was becoming intense. Ruby pulled back just enough to wedge one hand between them while the other supported her weight. She danced the rest of her weight between her knees and feet as she successfully managed to pull Belle's dress off her body and down off the bed. Happy with the result, Ruby plastered her body onto Belle's and sighed at the feeling of them melding together. She couldn't deny the lusciousness of Belle's body against her. The feeling of her skin against hers was almost too much for the Wolf to handle. She pulled back for a moment, trying to rein Red in before she broke completely free.

"Belle…" Ruby breathed out just before she took one of Belle's breasts into her mouth and suckled hard. She nipped slightly and ran her tongue over the highly sensitive skin. She smiled around Belle's nipple as she arched up off the bed into her mouth. Her smile grew even bigger as her tongue lavished the pucker bud and she felt Belle's hands lace in the hair at the base of her neck.

She moved from one breast to the other. Belle mewed with each wash of Ruby's tongue across her skin. Her hands moved from the nape of Ruby's neck down the bumps of her spine until they rested at small protrusions of her hips. She pulled her closer to her body. The skin to skin contact was wonderful. She snaked her hands slowly underneath the jeans that Ruby was wearing. She grabbed at her ass and held her closer, needing to feel Ruby as close as she could.

"More…" Belle breathed out.

Ruby jerked up from her breast to look into her cobalt eyes. She wasn't sure if Belle was asking her to stop or to give her more. She gave her a questioning look as she met her eyes. Belle was just smiling at her. She ran her hands up Ruby's back as she pulled her back down for another kiss. When Ruby finally surrendered to the kiss, she ran her hands around the front of her hips and started working on the button and zipper of Ruby's jeans.

Ruby was just staring in her eyes, completely lost in the feelings that Belle was causing her to have. She was just enjoying the feeling of Belle's skin on hers. The smile that was creeping across her face turned into a shocked expression as she felt Belle's fingers slowly moving south, below her waistband and towards her core.

"Belle?" she asked, questioning what the smaller librarian was doing.

"Just feel, Ruby. That is all you need to do. Just feel me," Belle told her as she found the prize that her hand and fingers had been searching for as they buried themselves inside her.

Ruby let out a breathy moan. Her body surged forward towards Belle's hand. The movement caused her jeans to move towards the floor as Belle's fingers started moving deeper insider her. Ruby cried out as she started scissoring her fingers back and forth. The feeling causing liquid heat to move south to her core as Belle hooked her legs underneath Ruby's knees. With a quick thrust of her weight, she had Ruby on her back and two fingers buried to the knuckle in her.

"Belle…"

"Yes, love?"

"Oh…."

Belle just smiled as she set a slow and steady pace. She needed Ruby to feel and understand what her body and love did to her, how encompassing her passion really was, while she gave Ruby was she wanted. As she started to speed up her pumping, she managed to push the jeans completely off and to the floor. Once Ruby was naked, Belle bent over her body and began to kiss every inch of skin that she could reach while still taking her.

Ruby started bucking hard off the bed. Belle didn't mind. She wanted to the Wolf and she knew that as soon as she did that Ruby would cease to be with her and Red would come forward. She wanted to give Ruby everything that she deserved and make her feel loved. It was the least that she could do for the Wolf considering everything that she had ever done for her, but that wasn't why she wanted to do it. It wasn't a one-sided attraction. Belle wanted Ruby as well, now that she understood what Ruby had been tiptoeing around for years.

As she made her way down Ruby's exquisite body, she felt Ruby's hands on her head, burying long, thin fingers in her hair. As she kept moving, the hands left her head for her body. She could feel the need in Ruby's hands. The wonton touch of her fingers on Belle's skin urged her to keep moving further south until she was face to face with Ruby's nether lips. Belle instinctually licked her own lips as she breathed in the intoxicating scents of Ruby's want. She painstakingly, slowly inched her tongue towards Ruby and was rewarded with a decidedly deep, wonton and primal growl that started from the depths of Ruby's stomach and erupted from her mouth as Belle found her clit.

She cooed as she lapped at Ruby's center. The vibrations of the moans sent shockwaves through Ruby's body. She had never been so completely loved as Belle was loving her tonight. When Belle settled on the bundle of nerves at the top of her mound, Ruby almost shot of the bed. The ache that had been building inside her for years was pounding at the dam she'd built, but Belle's passion was destroying with each solidly placed lick, nip and suck until Ruby could no longer stand it. Her hips arched upward and no matter how Belle tried to hold her down, she couldn't. Ruby came with a roar that was sure to wake everyone in the inn and surrounding buildings, but neither of them could care. It was what they were seeking. To find oblivious love and pure passion in each other's arms, and tonight, Ruby felt loved so deeply that she wanted to weep.

As Belle continued to suckle her through her orgasm, she heard the faint sobs of the Wolf. She pulled her head up and looked into the deeply colored hazel eyes. There were no questions. There were no worries. All she saw was pure emotion and it made Belle's heart ache for the purity of it, since she herself had been seeking the same passion for years. She kissed each and every one of Ruby's tears away.

"It's alright, Ruby. I've got you. I am not going to let you go," Belle told her, gathering her into her arms and holding her tight.

"Promise?"

"Forever, Wolf," she told her.

Those words broke through and allowed Red to come forward. She surged up and took Belle, flipping her onto her back. When questioning azure eyes met the extreme golden hue of Ruby's eyes, she realized that Ruby was retreating to let Red out to play. Belle just kissed her, letting Red know that she wasn't afraid.

Red knew what Belle was doing and she allowed her. Before Belle could break the kiss, Red ripped her underwear from her body. Belle watched as she turned her head in the air and knew that Red was taking in every smell in the room. She knew how wet she was and could only imagine what that was doing to Red's ever growing need and passion for her. Suddenly, Red turned her head and looked down at her.

She cocked her head at the librarian as she drank up the sight of her naked. Suddenly the need to feel her consumed Red and she rolled them over again. She pulled Belle up onto her hips. She let her thumb work its way between her thighs until she found the hidden gem. She brushed over it twice causing Belle to pull up off of her. The third time she came up off of Red's hips, she came down onto the waiting fingers that buried themselves inside.

Belle felt full and complete. She ground down into Red's hip pulling her fingers deeper. Slowly, they worked a rhythm of Red bucking up causing her fingers to go deeper as Belle ground up and down above her. The moans were lyrical with each thrust of Red's hips. The need to make Belle hers and stake a claim on the librarian was there but somewhere in the Wolf's carnal desire passion broke through. She let her long fingers stroke inside until she found that one patch just inside that she knew would send Belle over the edge.

Belle's eyes lit up and darkened into a soul-shattering cobalt fire as Red took her. Her throat was becoming raw as the need to scream was slowly fighting a battle for breaths between each new moan and whimper. Belle leaned forward just enough to grasp Red's breasts in her hands. She started kneading them as a keening wail built at the base of her spine.

Feeling the flutters of the muscles around her deeply buried fingers, Red inserted another. It was quickly buried to the hilt. The sounds of wet slaps and skin were filling her ears and she couldn't be happier as she watched everything play across the smaller woman's face. Red was lost in the sensation of giving her this fulfilling enjoyment.

"More!" Belle shouted and Red buried another finger inside her.

Belle had never felt so open and alive before. There was something so utterly primal in the way that Red loved her and she knew that she would enjoy every blessed moment of it. She wasn't going to let Ruby or Red get away from her now. She needed this passion, this desire, this burning yearning that was building so beautifully inside her.

"More…" she whimpered and Red slowly tucked her thumb inside.

She heard Red grunt. She was so close, but she needed more. She didn't know what, but she knew that Red was the only one that could give it to her.

"Red…fuck me…take me…make me…yours…" Belle begged with ragged breaths.

Before Belle finished her plea, Red had her on her hands and knees before her. She never broke the connection of her hand buried inside Belle. As her hips surged forward in a pounding pace pushing her hand, now a fist, deeper inside Belle with each thrust, she felt Belle give a silent scream and the tale-tell hiss of a "yes." After steading herself behind Belle's ass so that she could feel every clinch and suck of Belle around her hand, she reached around Belle's rounded hips until her other hand snuck around the crease between her thigh and hip.

One long, delicate finger inched itself forward until it found Belle's mound. Then a second finger joined it as they sought out her hooded clit. Slowly pushing the hood away, she held on with her body as Belle's body jerked when her fingertips touched her so intimately. Her hand was setting a quick pace, pounding her from behind, as her fingers matched that pace, circling the highly sensitive bud. Two long sweeps and Belle was crying out.

Her body bucked upwards and Red held her. Both of them on their knees, Belle reached back to hold Red's hips still as the last waves of her orgasm ravaged her quaking body. Red leaned down to the crook of her neck and bit down. Her fingers still circling, Belle came again with a thunderous exclamation before her body sank completely into Red's.

Red knew that she would be sore in the morning. She also knew that Granny would say something to her about being quiet, but in that moment she couldn't care less. Belle had come to her willingly and gave herself over willingly. She might have marked Belle at the end, but she didn't care who would see it. There was only one person that she could think that would object to the bite and right now, in their love induced euphoria, Red couldn't give two shits about Rumple. He was a problem for another day, tomorrow, because tonight belonged to her and Belle and no one else.