Chapter 16: Getting the puzzle pieces together

Hey guys! So I had my exam week, which means it was time to update the story again! I was really uninspired for a while, but the next chapters will be better!

She opened her eyes, the cup which was previously full of tea was empty. She probably drank it before she fell asleep. Taylor ran her right hand through her hair and stood up to take some water from the glass jug which was standing on the dining table.

"Good morning love." Killian walked into the room and before Taylor could grab some water, he already was already retrieving it for her.

"Thanks..." she said as she leant against the table and bottomed it up.

"How do you feel?" Killian said as he put his hand down onto her back. She gave a small but painful look and he immediately took his hand back.

"It's okay." She said softly. She wanted to be okay, just to get back to Rumplestilskin. But that was never gonna happen again.

"May I?" she knew what he meant, he wanted to know if there was anything wrong with her back. She agreed by giving him a gentle nod. He carefully pulled the ribbon off the corset that decorated and fastened the back. The corset slipped off her body, on the ground while he pulled down her thin blouse at the back. Her back was one big bruise and several cuts were carved into her shoulders.

He calmly put his hand on it and rubbed around her back with care, he felt the fear and pain in her back jumped around in her tense muscles, "No worries miss A." He always called her Taylor Allingswood, not Taylor French.

Killian grabbed a cloth and made it wet with some cold water, "Do you trust me?" he asked her.

"What are you going to do Killian?" she wanted to turn around, to see what he was going to do. But before she could even make a move, the cloth had already touched her back. She grabbed at her hair, trying to focus on anything other than the stinging pain. Killian put away the cloth and dried her back with a soft towel as he wrapped his arms around her after he pulled the blouse back in place again.

She turned around in his arms catching his wonderful eyes. "Thanks, for helping me with everything." She said as she looked down a bit.

He places two fingers under her chin, pulling it up as he feels her soft and gentle skin "You're my everything." he says before he kisses her in an instant. They both close their eyes whilst Taylor leant against the dining table.

She could feel his tongue touching hers, her stomach felt like fireworks were exploding in it and butterflies wouldn't stop flying around. He pulled her up so her legs would be around his body, he held her tightly with his arms around her still keeping his eyes closed.

They pulled away for a single breath, smiling at each other as they continued kissing each other like it would be their last one. He walked with her around his body and towards his bed where he laid her down to kiss her gently. Taylor pulled his blouse out from his trousers to touch his warm chest. It felt so comforting.

They were both in his bedroom showing their love towards each other for the first time.

They laid in his bed for a long time. Their warm bodies touching each other, he was lying facing her back with his arms wrapped around her. Then they heard something on the deck.

"What's that?" Taylor asked.

"Stay here…" and Killian stepped out of the bed putting his clothes on.

"Killian what are you gonna do? Killian!" but he was gone already. Taylor got out of the bed pulling her clothes on in a rush, feeling the pain in her back again. She tied her hair in a loose ponytail so that her hair wouldn't get in her face. And then suddenly she felt a hand coming around her mouth so she couldn't speak. A man in black, obviously a black knight, held her from the back and kept the hand on her mouth. Taylor freaked out and made the man yelp by kicking him in the leg so she could turn around and knock the knight's helmet off in one swift blow to the face.

She ran towards the dining table where she saw Killian was now standing at and realized that he too had punched the knight square in the face. "Where did he come from?" Killian asked.

"I was going to ask the same to you… I thought you heard something on the deck?" Taylor was breathing heavier than normal because of the shock.

"There was no one, it was a distraction so this fellow here could grab you and take you away from me." Killian put his hands on her shoulders as a protective gesture.

They got rid of the knight by dumping him unconscious in the woods, he would wake up later but without Taylor to take to the Evil Queen.

"I cannot escape from them forever." Taylor said.

They both were sitting on a rock in the woods, away from the ship and the knight.

"No one can. Sooner or later they'll find something else to find us all and trap us." Killian looked down as he spoke.

"What do you mean?"

"I've heard Regina talking before… With her dad. I… I did some business for her in the past." He stops for a brief moment, "I've never heard what she is planning to do, but she always talked about how her happy ending was taken away and how lovely it would be to get revenge. To get rid of everyone in the Enchanted Forest." he lays his hand on her thigh which evidently her look at it.

"Is that why she became evil? Because someone took her happy ending? Maybe that person never meant to do that, and now she just takes out her revenge on every single person in our land." Taylor said and looked up at him, fear evident in her eyes.

"That's an unsolved mystery to everyone my love, we need to be more alert than ever before."