In a dark noisy alley, a man walked past snow-filled dirty grounds. In such weather, one would have thought that people would be huddled indoors from the cold, but the entire streets were filled with people drinking and feasting. Though dressed in heavy silk robes, they laughed, drank, ate and sometimes broke out in drunken fights. Between the roaring laughter of men, the giggles of women could be heard as they were groped and sometimes unscrupulously kissed by the men. This scene seemed common on this street, as no one walked out to sneer at the impropriety. The man seemed unperturbed as he made his way to the end of the alley and knocked on a door thrice.
"Who?" someone said on the other side.
"King Odium's balls," he answered and the metal door creaked open. The man ignored the one who opened the door and made his way inside. He walked around as though he had been here before. All around, one could hear the sounds of moaning and grunting as he moved toward the last door. He knocked and a young girl walked out. She paused at the look of his tall form and smiled seductively.
"My lord would you like to come with me?" she asked.
"Move out of the way, slut. He is here for Madam Ry. Come in, sir," a large woman said, pushing the other girl aside to make way for the man to pass. He walked in and she followed behind him hurriedly. Just as he reached the door, she moved quickly and opened it for him.
"The mistress is expecting you," she said as the man walked in, then closed the door behind him. He looked around the well-heated room towards the shadow behind the screened bed.
"Shouldn't you come out and greet me?" he asked and a soft voice chuckled behind the screen.
"You have frequented our place for quite a while Lord Gunt, then you request that I tend to you today. Everyone knows I do not serve," she said and opened the screen. On the other side was a woman in revealing silk. Her twin peaks could be seen clearly through the cloth in the well-lit room.
"Word is you only serve special people. Do you think I am less special?" he asked and she crawled towards him. The room was small and the bed took up most of the space; as such, he was standing before the bed.
"Yes, you are quite special," she said and untied his robes, snaking her hand in to unbuckle his trousers.
"You know why I am here. Give me the information," he said with a frown, and she laughed coyly.
"Are you sure you know?" she stroked his hard member with a smile, "See how well you are responding, you must have heard of me,"
"Any man who does not respond well to a naked woman before him is no man," he said and grabbed her chin.
"Tell me what I came for, Madam Ry, or should I call you City Lady Ry,"
"Be careful, I do not work for you. You cannot afford to offend me," she said slyly and he let go. He watched her sit at the edge of the bed with his rod still in her hand.
"You escaped from Other-side when your husband's city burnt down. You do not want anyone to know you are here. You are in my Ostie clan grounds, you better learn to bend to the situation," he warned
"If you said this weeks ago, I would have cut off your bed snake right now. But like most caught in a Thraine scheme, we almost always end up working for them. So, you best be careful about the words that come out of your mouth," she said, "Now, be good, and take off your clothes or I will change my mind and let you suffer from lack of pleasure the entire night," she said.