"Not yet. Just being close to you is enough."

"No." Said Susan. "Not yet. I just... I just want to be close to you for a little while, if that's okay? I just want to feel happy for a little bit. Tomorrow, we're going to put our plan into motion, and it will be hard for us both. I'm going to have to distract that bastard somehow, and that won't be pleasant. So for now, I think I am happy to just sit with you."

"All right." Sarah said, the two women sitting down with their backs against the wall. Sarah's hands draped over Susan. Each feeling the warmth of the other's body. Susan closed her eyes, the darkness pressing in around her. When she did this, she could almost imagine that she was back home, that everything was all right. Sarah's hands were warm, reassuring. She felt the other woman's presence at her side. Their bond growing stronger by the moment. Honestly, she felt a little bit confused; never before had she considered Sarah as anything like this. And yet, she also felt happy, somehow. As though she had finally found someone who accepted her, and who understood her. In this hell of a place, she had at last found a friend and more.

She had never considered herself to be a lesbian, but she was fairly sure that she was bisexual; so needless to say, Sarah's presence caused her to feel the rising lust in her body as she remembered all that they had done together so far. Her throat felt tight, and her mouth felt dry. Yet, even so, she made no move on it. Somehow, simply being here together was more than enough for the moment.

She sighed. For the first time, able to look towards the future more than a few days. If they got the key, then what would they do? If they escaped, where would they go? They would be hunted; and she had no armies, no kingdom, nowhere to run to. Perhaps then, it would be better to remain where she was...?

She looked to Sarah, her heart stirred, and she imagined the maid in chains, **** to fuck, **** to pleasure anyone who desired it. She imagined the shame, the disgrace, the humiliation.

No. Never. She felt her heart hardening. Her will strengthening.

That wasn't the future that awaited Sarah. She wouldn't allow it. She was a princess, after all. it was her duty to protect her subjects. And she would protect them. With her very life if she had to.

All one of them.