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The library is black as night, shadows enveloping everything but the tight aura around her computer screen. She's been here since long before the light faded, working furiously away as the hours to deadline slip away from her. The staccato rattling of the keyboard is loud in the cavernous room and I look around me, staring at the bookshelves disappearing into the distant dark. She is the only noise, the only light in this space, but she is far from alone.
I slide closer, wanting to see her more clearly. The green light caresses her face like a halo, illuminating just the lightest edges of her features. I tiptoe closer, knowing I don't need to be quiet, but wanting to observe the forms anyway. A strand of her hair moves under my breath, but still she stares at the screen, oblivious. I inhale deeply, breathing the sweet perfume that she put on this morning, before this mad all night dash became necessary.
A cheap satisfaction of the hungers can be had any and every day, but tonight is a rare opportunity. All Hallows: the night when the spirits floated close to this world and sometimes travelled twixt one and the other. I feel a chuckle roll in my throat. "You have no idea what's to come," I murmur quietly.
She doesn't react, but just continues her work. My hand creeps around the side of her chair and I trail my fingertips along the line of her shoulder. I half-expect her to turn, but she's still. I stretch my hand out, my palm laying flat on her shoulder and I feel her heat warm my skin. She's so warm.
I trail my fingers down, tracing a line down her front as I step around beside her. The contact doesn't make her jump, but she shivers slightly, closing her eyes as my fingers roll softly over her skin. She rolls her head back, flexing her shoulders tiredly. The movement shifts the material of her blouse and my eyes are inextricably drawn to the triangle of cleavage revealed there. My fingertips slide further, underneath the edge of her blouse, pushing it away to reveal a little more warm skin.
The movement draws her out of her reverie and she opens her eyes. My hand withdraws, letting her alone as she twists in the seat. I step back, wanting to see the moment of uncertainty on her face.
She can't hear or see me, but she knows I'm there. Her eyes are wide with sudden, sharp alarm and I watch her, noting the makeup-disguised folds underneath her eyelids that the weight of her cares have created. I can see apprehension on her face as she realises just how alone and lonely she is in this giant building.
"Who's there?" Her voice echoes into the darkness and I smile as she looks in vain for the presence that disturbed her.
I step around her, placing my flat palm against her cheek, feeling the soft, warm skin under my own. I want her now and for a moment, I consider just doing it, taking what I want and going. I temper my passions. I'd waited a long time for this and it had to last if I wished to do it properly. The first rule, the only rule. Patience brings all.
She turns to look towards me, her body reacting to the touch that she's not sure she even felt. I slip around behind her, trailing my fingertips across the top of her chest, to tease against the topmost button of her blouse. I pop it open and then the next, pulling the fabric further apart to bare a little more of her to the room.
The sound of her breathing is intoxicating and I watch her chest heave as my fingers trail across the upper curve of her breast. My palm grazes across her skin and I flick open another button, revealing a deliciously low-cut bra. The dark lace stretches wickedly across her pale skin and I stare, transfixed, as it stretches and flexes with each breath, so deliciously taut. So warm.
I run my palm across it, sliding my hand under to cup her, the whisper of skin against lace seeming the only sound in the room. She stares at her computer screen, but I know she can feel what I'm doing to her now. Her legs shift, thighs squeezing together as she stares at the screen, teeth worrying at her lip. The thesis still needs to be done and the night's not getting any younger.
She runs her hands through her hair and sighs, muttering to herself. "C'mon Rina. Get it together." I slide my hand under the strap of her bra, guiding it down so I can hold her breast, skin to skin. A sigh escapes her lips, long and drawn out as her eyes flutter closed. The thesis is still there, but pretty soon I'm going to make sure she won't care.
Her gaze is still on the screen, but her body is warming to me, reacting without her will. I lower my lips to her chest, allowing my teeth to nip at the warm, soft skin. She tastes so sweet; smooth and fresh under my lips and I can feel her heart thumping fast, pulse throbbing to the beat.
"Is there someone there?" She twists her head to look around her as my hands pull apart the last buttons of her shirt. "I know there's someone there!" Her voice wavers as I trace my hands down her sides, following the curve to her hips before sliding my palms up and over the flat of her belly.
My kisses move lower, languidly tracing around her aureolae, feeling the skin crinkle under my tongue to pull her nipple into a tight, hard little nub. My lips wrap around it for a brief second and her breath catches, a long, drawn out sigh degrading into a groan.
"What's happening? Who's there?" she calls out again, louder this time, as if the force that's doing this to her is across the other side of the room. My smile broadens and I draw a fold of skin into my mouth, closing my teeth around it just hard enough to elicit a soft "Oh!" She shuddered under my touch and my hands course her skin, sliding down to her hips as I bite again.
Suddenly she stands and I am knocked away, taken unawares by the sudden action. "I know someone's there!" she yells out to the room. Her voice quavers slightly as she twists around, searching for the person who's doing this to her. "You'd better leave me alone or I'll... I'll..."
She trails off as she looks down. The movement has distracted her and now she can see the unbuttoned blouse, the half-undone bra and the crimson flush that covers her chest. "What the hell's going on?" she asks in a very small voice.
She pulls her clothes together, fingers fumbling with the buttons and glances around wildly, eyes wide open with fear. "Whoever you are, this... this isn't funny." The silence seems to unnerve her more than any response would and I stare for a second, her fear and dishevelment just adding to her sexiness. I get to my feet and creep around behind her.
"Somebody's there! I know you're there. Just... just leave me alone!" My hand steals out, pushing underneath the back of her blouse to caress the smooth skin of her back. She whirls, but I've moved already. The only sound in the room is her heaving breathing and I can only imagine the turmoil roiling within her. I can smell her fear, curling off her in waves, but her arousal is so much more powerful; against her will her body is still reacting to my presence, betraying her rational mind to make her breasts swell and her thighs warm, to make her pussy soak with moisture and her head fill with devilish thoughts.
My hand slips to the back of her thigh, pulling upwards to her arse, dragging the thick fabric of the gypsy skirt with it. She lets go her blouse and whirls, smacking where my hand was, just a millisecond too late. "Stop it!"
I circle around her, bringing my lips to her ear, breathing across the sensitive skin of her lobe as I speak. "Do you really want me to?"