As My Lady Commands

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Chapter 6: Honor Bound

Summary: 

After Rumplestiltskin accidentally slays a dragon, he is rewarded with knighthood. But with war on the horizon and the Dark One under the control of their enemy, an attempt on her life forces Princess Belle to flee her kingdom with only the reluctant knight Sir Rumplestiltskin to protect her.

Belle/Sir Rumple, Rated Explicit for eventual smut

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They were in the garden and the sun was bright and warm, the sky clear.

Rumplestiltskin’s boots crunched against the limestone path, the sound sharp and crisp in the spring-like air. Belle walked beside him, rocking side to side as she stepped, trying to balance in her heels on the gravel. She normally wore flat shoes when they were in the garden, but today she was dressed in a fine gown, a brilliant light blue with a cream colored bodice covered in lace, held closed with a dark blue ribbon.

It had been distracting him all morning.

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