by Sandra Davies
Caged by guilt and shadowed bars of branding irons, breasts and belly besmirched by centuries of soot from the roof-supporting pillar he had lashed me to, I remained defiant.
“My face? Do you want the world to know?”
His eyes were anthracite-implacable.
“I mean to guarantee you’ll not lie down for another man. Fire is cleansing, only the letter negotiable. Before I gag you, do you choose A or W?”
“'Adulteress' more accurate, I do not charge.”
He had ever admired my honesty, my spirit, but I’d failed to think it through.
He smiled, acknowledging. “But 'whore' the shortest word.”
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*shudders*
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant twist in the tail - especially if you know Nathaniel Hawthorne. Fantastic, thank you.