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With it being November, and thus NaNoWriMo, I decided to try my hand at it with this story. Any comments or feedback is certainly appreciated, and I hope you all enjoy this flight of fancy. I intend to update it as I progress.
I'm thinking of calling the series D'antiquitΓ©s
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Her breathing was harsh, ragged, every tiny gasp for air audible in the echoing silence of the room. She could see nothing through the thick fabric of the blindfold, but the air in the room was cool. It made her shiver, naked and sweat covered as she was. The thud of her heartbeat echoed in her ears.
"Anybody ever tell you how beautiful you look naked like that?" A rough voice like velvet and gravel broke the silence. It seemed alien in a way she could not quantify. Cinnamon and sandalwood, she could smell it on him as he stroked her inner thigh, feeling the heat of his hand long before he made contact. Yet she could not bring herself to answer.
"This was your wish, Judith. Do try and remember that. I cannot do anything to you that you have not already consented to." The felt a tug on the strange velvet fabric that secured her wrists, thighs, knees, and ankles. The tension suspending her in that dark cool air, making her more acutely aware of the heat of him as he touched her. "You do remember, don't you?"
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Judith couldn't remember why she had agreed to go antiquing with her sister, cursing silently as the black knit of her lace sweater caught on a rough end of one of the tables on display. Judging from the colors the table looked as though it belonged on a bad 70's movie set rather than in an antique store. The whole place had the scent of old things, random sticks of furniture arrayed for display and shelves lined with nick-nacks from bygone eras crowding the isles.
"Come on Judy. What do you think of these? It's hard to find cut crystal glasses like these and they would really make the wedding party table stand out. They are just the sort of thing Brandt would enjoy don't you agree?" Camila chirped as she ran thick stubby fingers over the glass.
Judith brushed the dark curls over her shoulder and away from her face in order to study the piece more closely. Beautiful and delicate the glass made an absurd contrast compared with Camila's stout figure and the hideous floral print dress she had insisted on wearing. "It is beautiful." Judith agreed, knowing almost immediately that the goblet would likely suffer an undignified end in her sister's shabby downtown apartment. She almost felt guilty for agreeing as a result.
Camila prattled away about various wedding details and all manner of things in which Judith had to feign polite interest in. She examined more deeply animosity that had started growing when Camila and Judith's ex-fiancee had announced their engagement. Pretending to listen to the blonde prattle away about her wonderful fiancee and their unlikely love story.
She'd always been that way, though, Judith noted plastering a fake smile as she studied a row of silver bells. She couldn't help but feel a little guilty for the ill feeling that had developed over what was essentially Camila's selfish nature. Instead, she found herself forced to be the better person, and deal with the pitying looks of their friends and family.
Something glinted near the back of the shop, drawing pale blue eyes to a jewel-toned bottle of opaque mirrored glass. She watched as it changed shade in the light.