Wild Desire
Moonlight notched through the tiny panes of the first landing window, adding its blue-white frosting to the peachy glow of wall lamps.
There was deep-pile carpet underfoot, William Morris wallpaper on either side, lithographs of Edwardian subjects — sentimental, sensual — of an era when nudity was permissible as long as the subject was artistic and classical. An arched cedarwood door, and Karen stepped over the threshold of Armina’s lair.