The door to Catherine's rented room in the dingy tavern swings open as she's carried to her bed by two men. She should have known better than to accept drinks from strangers, but she'd been so excited after her first ever successful contract as an adventurer that she'd gotten swept up in the excitement - now she was paying for it.
As they lay her on the bed, it's all she can do not to throw up at the sudden shift in orientation. She can make out their voices as they whisper to one another, but whatever they're saying is lost amidst the throbbing drum of her own heartbeat; impossibly loud in her ears as the world seems to spin around her. She tries to tell them not to lay her down but the words come out as an incomprehensible mumble, slurred beyond recognition.
After a moment one of the men leaves - his tall, skinny body briefly outlined by the light of the hallway as it spills through the open door. The second, younger man kneels beside her bed briefly. She feels the blanket as it's pulled gently over her body, tucking it in at the sides to stop her from rolling off the bed. He hovers at the edge for a moment, looking at her like he's about to say something, only to clamp his mouth shut and stand up. Turning, he moves towards the door to leave her alone in the dark, unfamiliar room. She tries to lift a hand, to tell him to stay just a little longer because everything hurts and she doesn't know what's happening... but the blanket's been tucked in too tight and her arms are trapped at her sides so that she can only watch as he keeps walking, closing the door behind him and submerging her in darkness. The noise of the tavern on the other side of the door seems a world away, and she knows that no one will come to check on her until the morning. She would be alone here for hours.
Or so she thought. Suddenly, she hears the doorknob turning once again and her breath catches in her throat. Was it one of the men from downstairs coming to check on her again? Her throat was so dry, maybe they were bringing her water. When the door finally opens the light is blinding, and she's forced to squeeze her eyes shut, only opening them when the door closes once more. She hears footsteps and the scraping sound of wood on wood, as though a piece of furniture had been picked up. Then the noise stops before being replaced by the sound of footsteps approaching the bed - the smell of old sweat and hair-oil filling her nose as the figure crouches beside her in the dark. She rolls over onto her side, squinting through the darkness to try and see who it is but the darkness is impenetrable. "He..llo?" She croaks, her words slurred. The figure doesn't answer.
She jumps slightly as she suddenly feels a hand at her cheek - caressing her with slow, gentle motions. What was going on? This wasn't... this wasn't right. The hand continues down her cheek, moving behind her jaw. Its thick, rough fingers sliding around the back of her neck, holding her head still. The smell of alcohol gets stronger as she suddenly feels a slight gust of air against her lips - and then her eyes widen as whoever it is kisses her. The kiss is gentle, but firm - wet lips brushing her own. She mumbles a protest - this is wrong, what's happening? She tries to pull away, but the hand on her neck grows tighter, the kiss more insistent. Suddenly he's pressing tight against her, and she shivers with disgust as his fat, wet tongue slips from between his lips to press against her own.
His grip is strong, and she can't think straight between the pounding in her head and the overpowering smell of alcohol flooding her nostrils from his rancid breath. She tries to say something - to tell him to stop, to shout for help - but all that comes out is a dull, insipid moan that parts her lips just enough for his tongue to slide between them. That seems to be the cue for the man, who all but launches his body forward until he's halfway on top of her. She feels his tongue inside of her mouth, his hot spit mingling with her own as he drags it over and around her tongue. Using his body to pin her down, his hand slips from her neck and downwards - past her shoulder, over her collarbone, until finally his sweaty fingers make their way to her breast, groping them with sloppy eagerness as he squeezes the soft flesh hard enough to make her yelp with pain, grinding the fabric of her shirt cruelly against her nipple.
She tries to push him off, to move away, but her body won't move how she wants and the blanket still pins her arms to her side, letting her do little more than wriggle awkwardly with mounting claustrophobic panic like a fly caught in a web. The world spins around her; every gasping breath the man makes as he violates her forces the heady stench of alcohol into her nostrils and down her throat until she can't think, can't do anything but whimper as he finished with her breast and moves downwards... sliding his hand beneath the covers.
She feels his fingers - hot and clammy with sweat - as they creep down her belly before slipping beneath the waistband of her trousers, then past her underwear. Tears sting her eyes as she feels him inches away from her cunt - that most holy of places that should never be defiled, never be touched. When he slips the first finger inside of her it hurts. When the second stuffs itself past the incredibly tight confines of her lips it feels like she's being torn apart - her pained yelp lost in the man's muffled, panting breaths as he continues to slide his tongue around in her mouth.