Nervously she lay down on the bed. There was still a little light coming from the high windows of the richly-furnished room, but her instructions had been very clear; he would come only when it was dark, so dark that she would not be able to see even the vaguest outline of him.
She had discarded her robe at the door, and the warm breeze seemed to prefigure her lover, gently caressing her naked body. She closed her eyes, trying to simulate the darkness that would soon fall, then opened them again, willing it to be dark, as if by wishing she could quench the last glimmers of daylight.
Finally darkness fell, and deprived of sight, her other senses reached out. The faint scent of flowers; the breeze still moving gently over her bare skin; even the lingering taste of the fruit that had been her last meal before entering the domain of the one who would become her lover. Her heart leaped at every slight sound; a rustling in the leaves outside, the faint rippling of the stream.
Then the unmistakable sound of light footsteps, approaching her. Her head swam briefly; she wondered if she would be able to stop herself crying out in surprise at his touch. In a moment that came and passed almost before it had begun, she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder, resting there, not moving.
She took a deep breath, her breasts rising. The hand slowly moved down her arm, over her fingers, laced them in its own. Then she did gasp, as his other hand rested on her cheek. She turned her face and kissed the palm of his hand. His fingers moved to twine in her hair, and she sensed but could not see his face approach hers in the blackness; his lips gently touched hers.
She reached out, and her hand met his face, and she parted her lips to him and felt the kiss deepen. He released her fingers, and she felt his arm behind her back pulling her to a sitting position. His lips left hers, but she was given no time to feel disappointment as she felt the warmth of his breath, then gasped as his mouth enveloped her nipple.
She felt herself slowly suckled, then his mouth moved to her other breast, while his palm brushed the nipple he had left. She reached out and pressed his head to her breast; he responded, his mouth and tongue moving more urgently on her nipple. Then she felt his hand slide from her breast downwards, over her stomach.