Wickedest Desires || Ella and Belle
"If you say for me to make a damned appointment one more time, I’m going to scream!" Belle fisted her hands at her sides like an obstinate child trying to get her way. She knew this was risky, intruding into the home without having asked or being invited, but there was no way she was going to lay low and this this happen. "I’m sick of it. I’m here now so why don’t you talk to me?"
She looked around a moment. Having never been inside of the house, Belle was taken aback a moment at the grandeur of the mansion. Everything was so organized, well-placed, and clean. After spending most of her time with her beloved dusty books, she found it rather refreshing — but that did not mean she liked the woman.
Something on the wall caught her eyes. The very same dagger she had seen a picture of at the pawn shop was mounted on the wall before her. “Rumplestiltskin”, it read. The word stirred something within her that she could not put a name to. Her heart felt as if someone had reached into her chest and was slowly squeezing it, making her feel hollow and empty… Belle turned back to the mayor and the feeling was suddenly gone.
"If you’re not going to see reason," she said quietly. "Then I’ll see what the town says about it. We’ll see… we’ll see what everyone thinks — I think you’ve not seen about that because you’re afraid to lose. You’re scared…" Belle grinned lightly. "I’m not."
The nerve of this woman! Intruding into her home like she wasn't the Mayor of this Godforsaken town! "We have nothing further to discuss, Ms. French, and as I've already told you. This is my home until my work shift starts and you are being completely inappropriate and not to mention disrespectful."
Belle's eyes drifted behind her but she didn't bother following suit. She knew what was on the wall -- the Dark One's dagger -- but she was far more interested in his beloved's reaction. She didn't disappoint. Lena watched something flicker in her eyes -- some sort of recognition or...something akin to...sorrow, then she watched the curse wipe it all away as Belle turned her blue eyes back to hers. The corners of her mouth tipped up lightly.
"Why would I be afraid, dear?" She leaned in close, her voice low as her brow quirked at Belle. "This town loves their Mayor. Which is more than can be said about some dusty old building with dusty old books." And a stuffy librarian -- but she didn't say that last part out loud. "You can take it up with the Council and the people all you like, but you'll be sorely disappointed."
She smiled then, wickedly.









