Dreadful Desires: A Cure for Quietus by Celia McKinley

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Dreadful Desires

A Cure for Quietus

Part I: The Great Majority

Exceptional Erotica
8 min readJul 7, 2023

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Content warning: This story contains explicit content and supernatural sex that may offend some readers. All depicted characters are 18 years or older.

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Chapter 1: Beneath the Mask

A flickering fluorescent lamp perched beneath the bound man, its white extension cord winding away into the darkness between the concrete pillars surrounding the suit-clad captive on every side. Something moved in the darkness before him, pacing, stalking back and forth with a strained, trembling tension; its head snapped to attention as a groggy moan broke the silence and echoed through the desolate parking garage.

A blank visage that might have been shrouded in a black epee mask, or a dark glossy Halloween costume hood, or perhaps a balaclava paired with thick smoky sunglasses, fixed its hidden gaze on the stirring man. It circled the folding lawn chair and studied its captive’s arms, noting the white gleam of handcuffed wrists beneath the gray blazer sleeves, the crook of his elbows braced against the chair’s aluminum frame. That silent stare lifted to the man’s dark shaggy hair and coarse week-old stubble, and the figure stepped before him as his slumped head lifted, as his eyes opened.

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Exceptional Erotica
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Celia McKinley
Celia McKinley

Written by Celia McKinley

Elegant Goth librarian writing vintage eroticism and sexual fantasy. Literate erotica, taboo but never degrading. Top writer in Fiction.

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