Chapter 1: Masked Ball
(The following story is a work of fiction and any reference to any individual, living or dead, is coincidental. This work also contains material of a sexually explicit nature and is not intended for readers under the age of eighteen or where such literature is forbidden under law.
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copyright 2002
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I saw her leave the ballroom and walk up the stairs. Shapely, wearing a black dress of what seemed to be 60's style. She had medium length hair and a black mask, large enough to hide her facial features, small enough to suggest familiarity. Her medium length heels helped to accentuate her well-turned calves and ankles.
I waited a minute or two and followed her. I saw her enter the room with a balcony over looking the ballroom and the dancers it contained as I neared the top of the stairs. I hesitated and waited, wanting her to become comfortable with the sensation that she was alone to observe the revelers dancing below.
As she was standing at the center of the balcony I had to walk down the side of the hallway, slowly and silently. Not wanting her to have an inkling that she'd been followed. Staying in the shadows, my dark nondescript costume worked to my advantage. No cologne, and a generic breath mint to disguise my breath, easily washed away with a glass of wine. All that and the dark mask I wore helped me to truly feel the anonymity that I required for this venture. While we had met before, I was sure that I hadn't made an impression on her, at least not enough for her to remember me. I don't think that may man had. She was always sensual, but aloof, haughty. She seemed to intimidate the men around her. It was time to see If my guess's about her were correct.
When I reached the French doors opening to the balcony, I could no longer hide my presence from her and stepped boldly through the doorway, then to the side. Standing with my back to the door that was closed I knew that if she were to turn around, all she would see was my silhouette, diffused by the lights of the hallway. A dark figure, no more than that. She didn't turn, but I could sense that she felt my presence. An awareness of her slightly tensing, a change in the tension of the moment. But she didn't turn, she merely continued to watch the dancers below. The balustrade was high, pressing into her midriff halfway between her breasts and hips as she leaned over to watch.
I paused for a few moments to allow the tension that we both felt rise. Somehow knowing that the timing was correct, I walked towards her, slowly. I wanted her to know of my approach, so I made no attempt to hide my movements or the sound of my shoes on the marble floor. I wanted to give her every opportunity to turn and leave if that was her desire. Her last chance to escape what was about to happen.
I walked to her and pinned her against the railing with my body. I leaned my chest into her, forcing her to bend further over the railing, my head against hers, my lips to her left ear. My groin against her hips, hands on, and over, the balustrade so that she couldn't escape. She tensed but made no sound, nor made an attempt to escape me.
I whispered to her "Do you know why I'm here?"
In a small and whispered voice she said "No."
I brought my left arm across her and cupped her right breast with my hand. Gently caressing it through her dress. She made a small sound in her throat and slightly pushed her hips against my groin and said "Stop, please stop."
"Why?" I asked.