“Margaret’s desire for Forest was like a wound burning between her thighs, spreading the poison of infection through her body. Yet she found with him the serenity she sought so fruitlessly in prayer. These were moments incandescent with pleasure. As she bent in prayer she felt his wet heat dripping thick and sticky from between her legs, the bruises from his bony hips—A curse? A mark of holiness”
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