Anna found herself in front of a wall of giant bay windows, separated from the main body of the party. The glass reflected the vast room behind her as a ghostly image superimposed on the view across the dark hills beyond, dotted here and there by the lights of other houses. She could see her own reflection in the glass, but only as a silhouette. The part of the room she was in was dark, lit only by over spill of the dim light from the rest of the room.
Stephanie was already on her knees in front of a man lounging on the luxurious leather sofa near the center of the party floor. The last Anna saw, two other men had their hands all over her and another girl. Anna knew where that was headed, and didn't want any part of it.
Stephanie was her best friend. They had been roommates in college. Stephanie was the wild one, Anna the quiet, reserved one. Steph had known how to push Anna's buttons, and as much as it annoyed her, she was grateful to her friend in the end. Steph's less than gentle prodding and pushing usually managed to get Anna to reluctantly go along with things she wanted to do anyway, but could have never brought herself to go through with on her own.
Steph was Jimney Cricket's evil twin, Anna's anti-conscience. Anna's courage.
She always wondered what Stephanie was going to get her into next, and tonight, what she'd gotten her into was an exclusive party in a huge mansion way, way up in the hills. But there was a catch. There was always a catch, and Anna did not find out what it was until it was too late. They were greeted at the door by a nude man who welcomed them and gestured to a door to the side of the foyer - itself a room almost as large as Anna's tiny apartment - through which they could 'change'.
Anna and Stephanie went through the usual ritual. Anna protested that she couldn't. She tried to be mad at her friend, threatened to call an Uber to go back home. She begged, pleaded, and made excuses before inevitably giving in. She always did. They both knew that she would, but Anna felt like she had to go through the motions regardless, hoping against hope that she would win the argument and be relieved of the need to screw up her courage yet again. At the same time, part of her dreaded the day when that happened.
They'd played the usual games with friends and acquaintances in college. Spin the bottle, truth or dare, strip pong. Anna had gone along with them, removing clothes one piece at a time, or performing dares, with a laughing reluctance and fear that only served to focus the attention on her nudity. Attention that aroused her despite herself.
This was different. She was being prodded to walk nude into a room full of dozens of complete strangers. Strangers that moved in circles as foreign to her as ancient Greece, strangers that had motivations and expectations she could never fully fathom, who enjoyed luxuries she could never relate to. Strangers that ranged in age from just a little bit older than her to what looked like the mid fifties for some.
She wasn't sure she could go through with it, but the voice whispered seductively in her head, 'You're wet just thinking about it. And just look at those nipples.'
It was too late to back out now, so she did it. Faces turned to her and Stephanie, surveying the new meat. Anna barely resisted the overwhelming need to curl up on herself, to cover herself with her arms and hands. She tried, not quite as hard, to resist the urge to let her eyes wander the nude bodies beneath those faces. Bodies she would not have kicked out of bed even if she hadn't been in the middle of a dry spell that had gone for more months than she cared to think about. Bodies that, at the moment, terrified her.
Stephanie was the opposite, ebullient and grinning from ear to ear, open and ready for anything. For everything. They'd mingled a little, sticking together, until Stephanie had been drawn away by the kinds of opportunities she'd come here to take full advantage of.
Anna drifted on her own, meekly nodding and smiling to a few people, engaging in some small talk that went nowhere, and eventually finding herself alone at the windows. None of the men she'd passed had outright stared at her, but she could feel their eyes on her and had more than once caught a look that conveyed a question, or a promise.
There were women there, quite a few of them. They all had the air of naturally fitting into such a crowd, though their age range was much more constrained to the low end. She got meaningful looks from more than one of them as well.
Anna looked out the windows, standing close enough that her shadow created a gap in the reflection that allowed a clear view out across the hills and the rectilinear grid of lights of the city below. The place felt isolated, separated from the world she knew, the world under those orange lights.
She felt a hand lightly touch her waist and heard a voice beside her head, and more than a little above. "It's a beautiful view." It wasn't a voice so much as a whisper devoid of timbre. It was obviously a man, a tall man, a good head taller than she.
She wanted to turn, to see the face of her suitor, but he moved closer and more fully behind her, letting his chest brush against her back in a way that didn't prevent her from turning, but discouraged it. The motion also brought a single point of firm flesh against her upper hip, brushing it enough to know exactly what it was and what he intended.
She didn't turn. She'd go along with the game for a little bit, while it was just a game, a prelude. Until the novelty wore off and they faced each other, spoke to each other, and began the real dance. She let her body relax, and he picked up on it. The hand on her waist applied the slightest pressure and she went with it, letting herself slide closer. Her shoulders and upper back met a chest that felt hard and toned, and she felt his erection bend to the side as it was drawn across her lower back.
She again wanted to turn, to see his face. To see that penis. She was nervous, but she was already getting moist and her nipples were returning to alertness. Turning to face him would have been even more awkward now that her back was pressed against him. She looked at the window, searching for his face in reflection, but it was too dark.
They were one silhouette now, indistinguishable from each other, their faces both featureless black shapes. She saw the higher of the two heads bow, and felt lips and a nose against the back of her head, exploring her hair. The hand on her waist moved to her belly, pulling her more tightly against him.
She felt as much as heard his soft intake of breath as he moved his face in her hair, slowly moving lower. His hand gently caressed her flat stomach without wandering. His other hand moved to her shoulder, gripping it lightly. His lips moved lower on the back of her head.
His hand moved off her shoulder, and she felt her long hair being gathered, her head gently pushed forward.
Oh, no, not that, she thought. Not yet. I'll be......
But it was too late. She felt cool air on the back of her neck as her hair was drawn away, immediately followed by soft, hot breath. No, she thought. I haven't even seen your face yet. I don't know your voice, or your name. Lips nibbled the back of her neck while his hand roamed over her shoulder, collarbone, side of her neck.
The lips moved to the side slowly, finally hitting the point where her shoulder met her neck. That one spot.
She tensed as a warm tingling starting from his lips as a bright point of light spread through her body. Her nipples stiffened fully as the wave front passed through them. Her stomach lurched and the wave went down to create an ache deep inside her. Moisture began to seep.
She knew she would give in, that he would have her. She could turn around now, see him. Even without that low purring moan she'd let escape her throat, he knew it as well. From her posture, the tension in her, and probably from her smell, he knew. The hand on her belly moved up to cup a breast and pull her back more firmly against his chest.
He brushed her nipples lightly and she silently begged for more pressure. He let her beg for a while, then suddenly pinched, making her see stars. She felt that pinch through her entire body and the ache deep within her spread along the one path to the outside world. The one path he could follow to reach its source.
He'd been slow and gentle so far. Now, without a word, he took charge. His movements became firmer, more decisive. His hand mauled her breast just short of roughness. His lips roamed over her neck and shoulders. He pulled her head back and to one side and bowed his face over her shoulder to kiss the side of her throat. She almost saw his face then, but not quite, and the need to see it was fading in the face of a more urgent need.
The hand that had been on her shoulder moved down her side, her waist, her hip. Then inward, not waiting for a sign. She'd already given him all the permission he would need. His hand roamed as if he owned her. He teased, not because he needed to but because he wanted to. His fingers moved over her bare mound, dipped just far enough against her slit to tell her that that too was his now, then slid to the side and traced the hollow of her groin where it met her outer lips.
She wanted to tell him to just fuck her, but his manner told her that he would not take no for an answer, that he would not take yes for an answer. That he would not wait for any answer.
His cock was rampant, straight up against her lower back. She felt his balls against the top of her ass. She wanted it lower, but he was taking his time, savoring her.
His lips moved down her back while his hand moved from her breast to her shoulder. She felt his lower body pull away from her, his cock contacting her with the tip only. It started to slide down as his lips moved down her back. It trailed along the cleft of her ass then away completely.