Emma awoke the next morning still reeling from the evening she had with The Queen. Part of her felt giddy and excited that Regina offered to teach her Light Magic, she felt hopeful of their blossoming relationship.. "But is that what this is?"

Emma thought out loud to herself, staring up at the stone ceiling as she lay in bed.

She then recalled Mulan's conversation with her the other night. How she told Emma about The Queen stealing the hearts of others and locking them in her vault. How she used this method to control the actions and emotions of others.

"It is strange that I havn't thought about trying to leave this place at all.. or even really wanted to," Emma thought, "honestly since my first night with The Queen, I haven't revisited any want or need to escape at all! I've just become more and more... intoxicated by Regina..!"

Emma sat up in her bed, trying to shake off the thought that maybe her feelings for The Queen were fabricated due to her heart being controlled.

"No, it just can't be..." Emma said to herself, shaking her head, "though it's not impossible for Mulan's story to have some truth to it, I know what I'm feeling has got to be real. It just has to!

Time for some investigating!"

***

The Queen sat relaxing in her White porcelain tub at the far end of her bed chambers, getting her soak in for her morning bath. The steaming hot water filled the tub, encircling her naked body, helping to release any leftover tensions that may have lingered previously, that her evening with Emma Swan couldnt fully release.

"Red..?" Regina leaned her head back onto the back of the tub, "..are you coming? I've been waiting a while now.."

A few moments later, Red emerged from the handmaiden's quarters at the corner of the room where the tub and sink were located. She wore only a silken hooded bath robe, tied at the front, deep red in color. It was the preferred "uniform" The Queen required to be worn during her baths.

"I'm here, My Queen." Red announced quietly. Her long, dark brown curls falling down her back, against the soft silk, "forgive my lateness."

"I see" Regina replied eying her, "..as I am quite ready for my bath, late as you are, I'll let this slide."

Red gave a half smile, "of course. Thank you." Red then made her way closer to the claw foot tub that held the beautiful Queen. As she reached for the Queen's soap, Regina quickly grabbed her wrist with wet hands as she said, "Tsk, Tsk!"

Red had a confused look on her face. "Now Red, you see me here, in this hot, steamy tub? Naked, vulnerable.."

Red looked at Regina, eyes wide, not really knowing what she was getting at just yet.

But then again, Red knew; these games were typical of The Queen.

She listened as Regina continued, "...and yet, there you are, standing above me, holding the soap... It's almost like you're holding the power.. in this situation." Again, The Queen paused, surveying Red for just a moment before she continued on with her speech, "Not unlike a mother washing her child... Wouldn't you agree?"

"I.. um, I.. don't know, perhaps."

"And I bet that feels , doesn't it Red?"

Red looked away from Regina, quickly trying to pull her wrist out of The Queen's grasp. However, Red's struggle only forced The Queen to use a tighter grip, her hands still wet and slippery from the bath water.

" at me when I'm speaking to you, Red!" The Queen's voice took on a much more stern demeanor now.

Red hesitated for only a moment before complying to Regina's command.

"Now, where were we..?" The Queen looked up a moment, her tone softening, "ah! You were just telling me how good it felt to have a little power over your Queen.."

Red blushed at Regina's words.

Regina smiled, letting go of Red's wrist she commanded, "Now, lets see how that red silk robe looks on my cold, stone floor, shall we?"

Red placed her hands on the edge of the tub, caught off guard, "My Queen, I.."

"...will do as Your Queen commands.." Regina said calmly, not even looking in Red's direction.

Red straightened herself up. She Took in her breath, and keeping her eyes on The Queen the entire time, began to disrobe - allowing the red silk to softly fall to the floor around her ankles. As it did, it soaked up some of the water that previously overflowed from the tub, darkening the red color of the material, as though it were blood stained.

"Now.. THAT is more like it!" Regina said, addressing Red now, a wicked smile curling across her lips. Biting her bottom lip, Regina paused a moment to take in Red's naked body; every curve, from her creamy white thighs, to her curvy hips, up to her perfectly round breasts that lay in a bed of those long, dark curls that fell from her head.

Regina thrusted her hot, wet hand between Red's legs, grabbing the back of her left thigh, pulling her closer to the tub, and said;

"It appears we are both vulnerable now."

"...yes..it appears so, My Queen."

Red's heart began to race, and she could feel herself begin to swell between her thighs, how she missed her Queen...

"You misstepped dangerously the other day Red." The Queen began, looking away, "It almost ruined things between me and Ms Swan. You are very lucky I was able to fix it. You may not be so lucky again."

Red grabbed The Queen's hand and began to slowly move it up her inner thigh, closer to where she needed to satisfy her craving.

"How...?"

"Though I did show Ms Swan my Secret Room, a simple Cloaking Spell hid away parts of it that she did not need to see."

Red used her free hand to gain support from the edge of the tub as she continued to guide Regina's hand slowly to her pulsating wet spot.

"Emma can never know of The Heart Vault, do you understand me, Red?"

Red panted and breathed out, "Yes!" Regina felt Red grow instantly wetter as her hand reached its destination,

"Is this what you've been wanting, Red..?" Regina smiled, forcefully thrusting two slender fingers deep into Red, holding them there deep inside her, "Have you missed your Queen..?"

Red began breathing heavier with Regina's touch, it turned Regina on, after all, Red was attractive and sexy as hell with those curls.. who was The Queen to reject her most prized handmaiden?

Regina saw Red's eyes glow yellow, she was so aroused it was bringing Out the wolf inside her..

The Queen could no longer resist, a part of her did miss the wild side of Red..

Regina stood up from her bath, hot water splashing out onto the floor around Red's feet. The Queen grabbed Red's hair by the back of her head, pulling her face close to hers. Red let out an aroused gasp, her neck exposed to Regina's lips, as she brushed them a crossed the nape of it. Suddenly, Red let out a pleasurable scream, her eyes glowing bright yellow as The Queen bit down hard on her neck, kissing and sucking at it.

Red grabbed at The Queen's ass and hips, pulling her out of the tub, rubbing and massaging her body with her hands.. The two women collapsed to their knees on the wet stone floor now.

"On your back, wolf."

The Queen commanded of Red, and she happily complied. It had been so long since she had her Queen, she was ready to do anything she asked of her.

The rough, stone floor was quite cold when it first touched Red's back, but she quickly got used to it. She could feel herself dripping between her own thighs.

Regina grabbed Red's knees, one in each hand, and separated them. She then ran her nails hard down the insides of Red's thighs until she reached her sweet wet lips, massaging them with her thumbs.

The Queen felt herself throb and swell between her legs, she knew she was moments away from cumming...

Regina bent over top of Red, taking two fingers and thrust them inside of her, deeply. In and out and back again! Forcing Red's back to rub against the stone floor rigorously, keeping with The Queen's rhythm.

Red reached around using her nails to deeply scratch Regina's back, as Regina felt Red pulsate and release, dripping down her hand.

Finally The Queen grabbed Red's hand, "Use only one" commanding her to use only her middle finger, she straddled Red as she lay on her back on the stone floor by the tub.

Red easily slid her finger into Regina, and The Queen began riding her hard at the hips, her bare knees rubbing against the wet stone.

"Deeper..! Harder.! I'm cumming..!!"

The Queen cried, as she threw her head back, closing her eyes.

When she finally slowed, bending back over forward, eyes still closed, The Queen took a moment to catch her breath before opening them back up.

When she finally did, she blinked several times, and jumped back slightly at what - or WHO she saw,

"Emma..?!"

Regina rubbed her eyes blinking hard a few more times before realizing that no, it was not Emma, it was still Red.

Red sat up, "Are you ok?"

Regina, still a bit confused but trying to regain her composure replied, "Yes. I'm fine. It's nothing."

After a few moments of the two women awkwardly sitting by the tub, catching their breath, Regina broke the silence, "Why don't we finish up that bath? We still have the whole day ahead of us after all.."

"Of course," Red replied, getting up and gesturing to the tub allowing Regina to sit back inside of it.

Just before Red began to wash The Queen's hair, she paused,

"My Queen, I must ask.. do you love her? Do you love Ms Swan..?"

The Queen stared expressionless at the stained glass window across from the tub, then sighed. "Love. What a funny word."