Corruption

Alice froze for a moment as a memory resurfaced in her mind. While they had been tending to Julian's wounds, Regina's words from that night played in her mind. 

She had taken it as a joke, but now she wondered if there was some truth to it.

"No..." she whispered. "Don't tell me... you meant what you said yesterday?"

Regina's lips curled into a faint smile. "Why do you want to know Alice?"

Alice clenched her fists. "Tell me," she demanded.

Regina remained unfazed. "No."

"Tell me!" Alice's voice cracked as she shouted desperately.

A suffocating silence filled the room, and finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Regina spoke. "Yes. It was true."

Alice felt the world shatter around her. "No... no..." she gasped, shaking her head in disbelief. "You... and Julian..."

Regina's smile widened just slightly. "Yes. Julian has fucked me too," she said casually as if revealing something trivial.