The text message came in during dinner on a Saturday night and when she looked at her phone Emma raised an eyebrow at her across the table, suspecting who it was from. She might have thought of stopping Snow as she slipped out having put on a jacket against the chilly autumn air. She drove out of town towards the old toll bridge that she and David had met clandestinely during the curse. Regina was standing there, her hands in her coat smiling.

"You're late."

"It was hard to get away." Snow explained.

"Don't worry, Princess, I'll find some way you can make it up to me." Regina gave her a kiss. "Follow me." They walked until they reached the small cleaning in the woods which sat the magical well.

"What are we doing here, Regina?"

"Making you choose." Regina flicked her hand and in a puff of purple smoke David Nolan appeared with them, confused but for once sober. "Your true love and your boring little life with the shepherd or me."

David glanced between them, "Snow, I don't know what she's trying to do but you need to listen to me. She's trying to hurt you."

Regina smiled and folded her arms, "I think the princess knows full well what being with me will be like."

Snow was frozen, looking between them, feeling the pull of light and dark. She glanced at Regina, "I'm not forcing you. If you want that ..." she gestured.

Snow looked between them, "I want..." She took a long inhale of breath. "To serve my Queen."

There was an audible pain from David as if he'd been hit in the gut and Regina approached Snow, grabbing hold of her face and kissing her in an unmistakably sexual manner. Making sure that David saw the kiss before she poofed him away. Once the kiss was broken she lead Snow to the well by her hand and from the pocket of her jacket she withdrew an emerald ring with a glowing stone. Snow's wedding ring. She dropped it in the well, the symbol of broken true love and a wave of magic passed up to them, like a shadow.

Snow looked up at the sky, crackling with energy. Regina pulled up the well's bucket and dipped a goblet into it.

She smiled and toasted in Snow's direction, "To true love. The most powerful magic of all. Because it brings happiness."

And the Evil Queen drank the water and enjoyed her victory at last.