Emma stood in front of a stone wall with oversized French doors. They were beautiful. Magnificent even. The way the mahogany wood of the doors sat against the brilliant chiseled limestone of the walls gave such beauty and strength to the castle. Emma couldn't see such detail being locked deep in the dungeon, no. But up here, well! This was another story entirely.

One of the two guards that brought her up gave a knock to the door "My Queen!"

"You May enter."

Emma could hear the Queen's sultry voice from behind the doors.

The guard who announced them took Emma by her arm and guided her into The Queen's chambers.

As they entered, Emma took the opportunity to get a closer look at the details on the French doors.

Carved into the wood with such amazing detail Emma could see the trees of The Forest of The Dead spread thick with... were those apple trees???!

"Emma. Welcome." The Queen addressed her.

Immediately taking her attention from the doors, Emma turned to face The Queen, only to find her soaking herself in a giant porcelain, claw foot tub of hot water. She was completely naked, and she was gorgeous.

The Queen, in her tub, sat soaking in the back right portion of the room as they entered. To Emma's surprise, It was not partitioned off, and there was a beautiful stained glass window directly in front of the tub on the wall where The Queen sat soaking.

The way the sun came through that window and cast an array of color on The Queen's moist, olive toned skin sent waves of tingles through Emma that she never felt before. The Queen was radiant.

"Claudius, you may go now." The Queen spoke to her guardsmen.

Claudius took a knee, and slipped out of the door, leaving Emma alone with the naked Queen.

The Queen turned her head to the side so that she could bring Emma into her peripheral a bit and said, "I gather you still have no information for me Swan?"

"Listen, I really want to help I just.."

"It's ok, I have some other things you can do that will aid in your assistance to me..." The Queen quickly added. "Come closer to me Swan and I'll explain everything." The Queen had a smirk on her face as she beckoned Emma closer with her finger.

Emma, at first hesitant, slowly made her way to the tub. She could feel her heart beat with every step she took that brought her closer to The Queen. Standing just a few inches from her in the tub now, red in the cheeks and her heart racing, Emma waited for The Queen to speak, but she said nothing.

A few quiet seconds pass between the two women when Emma finally asked The Queen "What do you want to tell me?" But she could not bring herself to fully look at her.

The Queen notices that Emma is having a bit of a hard time taking her in, and it amuses her. The left corner of her lips turn up into a smile and she says to Emma, "I enjoy my hot baths you know." She said as she turned to face Emma, "In fact, some have been known to say that sometimes the water I use for my baths is so scalding hot it burns the skin.." As Emma stood over The Queen as she soaked in her bath, she surveyed the whole tub, finally taking in the scene of the woman inside of it.

The Queen truly was a masterpiece of artwork!

From the endless curves of her seductively thick, muscular thighs, to her perfectly toned stomach right up to her magnificently voluptuous breasts and of course her gorgeous face! The Queen was flawless.

"Emma," The Queen began, "for your first task, I would like you to tell me if you believe the rumors are true."

"Tell me," The Queen continued, "do you think my bath water is too hot?"

Emma had no clue what The Queen was talking about. "Excuse me..?"

"Well silly," The Queen replied, " you can't tell from where you're standing of course."

The Queen grew more serious then said: "Swan, get on you knees, and tell me if my bath water is hot enough... oh, and Swan - DO be sure to put your hand all the way to the bottom of the tub."

Emma couldn't believe what she was hearing "Regi.. err, My Queen, are you sure you want me to do that? You're already in th..."

However Emma was cut short by The Queen's quick reply, "On your knees!" She commanded, and with what seemed like a swift magical force, Emma was quickly pulled down onto the stone floor to her knees beside the claw foot tub. Emma gave out a small yelp as she went down.

The Queen sighed as she tilted her head back against the porcelain "do you see what you make me do when you simply don't listen?"

Emma began rolling up her sleeves. Her hands, arms and face still had some soot on them from being down in the dungeon for a few days. The Queen took in these details as Emma readied herself to feel the water and said "we will need to get you some proper clothes. I'll have Claudius and Red put something together for you."

Emma, starting to feel some numbness in her knees against the cold limestone floor beside The Queen's tub, slowly started to dip her right hand into the hot water of the bath. As Emma's hand ventured deeper into the water, it was in fact, very hot water! The tub was very deep, and to finally reach the full bottom of it, the waterline was up to Emma's toned bicep. Boy that water truly was scalding!!

The Queen lifted her head up from the back of the tub, to face Emma, smiling with curled lips. She slowly lowered her thick, toned thigh down onto Emma's hand to secure it in the tub, drawing Emma closer to her while she did so. "So, tell me Swan; how HOT is it?"

"It's uh... it's um.. fucking.. it's hot it's very fucking hot. The water. The water is hot!"

Emma blurted out, her mind racing to one hundred million places! "What is happening!?" She thought.

"So the rumors are true then, excellent!" The Queen said, as she released Emma's hand from her thigh in the tub, Emma fell back onto the floor; water splashing up as she did so.

"That will be all for today Swan. I need nothing more."

"Wait, what?! That's it?!" Emma said shockingly, "you said you had more to tell me!"

"I said that is all for today." The Queen exclaimed, "Claudius! Please come in!"

The Queen's chief guard entered through the exquisite French doors "My Queen!"

"Take Swan to her new Chambers so that she may get cleaned up and ready herself for dinner. Oh and Claudius, tell Red she is needed."

Emma's mouth fell agape as The Queen turned away from her to continue her bath. Claudius, The Queen's head guard took Emma by the arm and lead her through the French doors to take her to her new bedroom chambers that The Queen now had prepared for her.

As she was leaving, another woman entered the room rather quickly. She had long, beautiful, dark chocolate brown curls that fell just above the small of her back. Her perfect porcelain skin looked like an ice cold class of milk on a hot summer day, the way her supple breasts filled the low cut, brown leather corset she was wearing. She had the longest most beautiful eyelashes Emma had ever seen, and her lips were as red as rubies!

As the woman rushed passed Emma, she took a knee a few feet from The Queen in her tub, bowed her head and said, "My Queen. You asked for me?"

"Of course," The Queen replied "I need some assistance finishing up my bath. Would you mind, Red?"

And just as the doors began to close behind Emma, she could see the woman, Red, remove her cloak, take the soap and begin to slowly lather The Queen's body. Just before the door closed, Emma and The Queen locked eyes, and The Queen gave Emma a most wicked smile...