Dark Alley: Stranger (Dark Alley #1)

Three

As soon as Alice walked away from the doorman, the light went out and she was swallowed by darkness. It took her eyes some time to get used to the dark while she carefully took a few steps forward.

Tiny lights were scattered all around the alley, and weakly illuminated the path which was hidden between the houses at 8 and 10 Elm Street, and possibly further down the entire block. The tiny lights rather felt like distant stars than street lights.

The second on the right, the Big Guy had said, and Alice instinctively brought up her right hand, brushing it along the brick-stone wall, still walking cautiously further into the Alley, listening as best she could.

As a soft moan reached her ears from somewhere on the left - it struck her like a lightning bolt. Alice stopped dead still and took a deep breath. But what remained after the initial shock wasn't embarrassment, or the instinct to turn on her heels, it was excitement. She could feel a strange warmth heating up inside herself, making her moist in just the right place. It had been too long, and now, she had ordered exactly what her body and mind were longing for.

It felt crazy. It seemed wrong.

But who had the right to tell her what was wrong? It wasn't set in stone anywhere that a woman wasn't allowed to tend to all of her needs.

Determination gave her step new strength as she walked past the first entrance to the right. Her eyes had adjusted now and what she passed by looked just like another dark alley. She wondered how many such paths were there exactly. There couldn't be much, unless someone had bought up the rearward parts of the houses. But that wasn't really important right now.

Alice's heart made a painful jump as she reached the big black gap that was the entrance to the second alley on the right. She stopped. This was hers. If she waited here, someone soon would join her and make happen what she requested. Anxiety and excitement held a wrestling match in her body, making her blood rush, her heart race and her breath turn shallow.

This was it. Now, it was either chicken out, turn on her heel, or woman up and take that step.

The very moment Alice felt a thought coming up in her head, she moved forward. She'd never had a one night stand in her life, and this wasn't one either. This was an agreement, without the exchange of money, but the safety of a contract. There were rules and there was Big Guy at the entrance. She would be safer than with any stranger she'd met in a club.

Alice couldn't prevent herself from chuckling briefly, because having sex with a stranger was exactly what she was about to do. Whoever had given her this card, might be the one whom she was about to meet, although she wouldn't see his face. Further down the alley it became more and more dark. This was definitely different from a one night stand. It was completely anonymous.

The excitement in Alice prevailed.

What could possibly go wrong? If the sex was bad, their paths would go separate ways without ever knowing who they were, and that was it.

But what if it was good?

What if she wanted more?

Alice shook her head. This wasn't the right time to go there. She knew it was her mind trying to handle her nervousness, but it wasn't helpful at all. However, keeping her thoughts in check was quite difficult, standing alone in a narrow and dark alley all by herself. This was the sort of thing her mother had told her to stay away from and now she had gone there voluntarily. What was she thinking?

Whoever came here, who would he be?

What would his appearance look like?

Would he be attractive?