Short Story: Under The Cloak Of Darkness

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Katie Celeste


An erotic twist on a much loved fairytale.... was little red riding hood all that innocent in the turn of events? What really happened in the dark woods that night?


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As the screaming banshee lurches towards her, with arms outstretched, Red Riding Hood turns and scampers to the safety of the forest. The woodland animals usually surround her; they’re her only friends, her confidantes in this cold, dark world. Tonight however, they keep their distance sensing the change within the young woman; they watch with peering eyes from burrows and bushes.

As she treads lightly through the forest the silence awakens something in her and she shivers slightly in response. Her light, pale negligee outlining her slight shape in the moonlight, she can feel it sticking to her, clinging tightly to her body with sweat. Usually she’d pull her deep red cloak tight around her body to cover up, but tonight in the woods, under the bright full moon with no one else around to see, she feels more daring. She drops her cloak to the forest floor and as the breeze caresses her she feels her nipples harden beneath the…

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Adam West said "Not sure if I would dare update/adapt a traditional tale like this - it sort of worked I guess - but I prefer your previous offerings which I really enjoyed...many thanks Adam"
12 months ago
Jay Leffew said "Certainly erotic, and I'm worried in case this site is visited by anyone too young to have access to such a story, but please be more careful with your writing, you have R.R.H. descending 'into' the woods, then descending back out the way she came; are these woods magic and change shape? Gives a whole new meaning to 'the Earth moved...' Well written, but I'm a bit old for such things, so if I see any more warnings of eroticism, I'll avoid the next one..."
12 months ago
Diane Dickson Guest Editor said "Well my goodness me!!!!! I hadn't heard that version before :-) It was well written and the part where he dropped his fur coat was terribly romantic I thought. Liked this a lot - well done - Diane"
12 months ago
Katie Celeste replied saying "Thanks :) I wanted it to be highly erotic but have romance as well because red riding hood is meant to be portrayed as 'lost' and confused until she's back in the woods with her wolf :)"
12 months ago

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