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She wouldat the shop She would cook and clean and have babies, go to church on Sundays, and ht out once a week because Maht to stay with the babies That would be her life, and she was resigned, and happy, she thought, as one could be, because she did love her mama and if she didn’t feel a wild elation and passion for Roberto, he was still good, and most importantly, as her mama said, Roberto loved her
And so…
This was not an affair that would everIt was just an affair, because she did want so before she settled down to have babies with Roberto and grow old and worn as herhe would conation was long and hard And yet…
Since they had met… since his eyes had touched hers… she had known It was like a fever in her blood She had dreaht Such a beautiful drea in the breeze, her flesh, naked, the feel of fiery lips upon her… her ar as they settled around thewords in her ears, settling upon her throat, her breasts…
The drea She had to be up, and she had to be walking along the path, because she must have it, if just once, in her life Then in the years to come, she would have the ht would come Just a few rays! But at this time of year… ah, well She had lived here forever She knew the path, despite the fact that not even the h the clouds, and she could barely distinguish shapes in the darkness Ah, at last!
A cloud shifted There was not really any illumination, but now, she could see the road, and the shadows that made up the trees, and where the trees broke, and the world became sky
Hurry, hurry… there would be so little precious tiency to move quickly, she suddenly beca her spine, as if so
She stopped, looking back the way she had come The darkness had already sed her ho it ever more important that she reach her would-be lover in all haste
She heard the labored sound of her breath Then…
Soination It was only the trees But there wasn’t really a wind that night
She quickened her footsteps again Her limbs felt heavily laden
Maria… Maria… Maria…
Her naht air, not even aloud, just within her ain
Was this her conscience talking to her? Was she going to go to hell for what she intended to do? No, if there was a God in heaven, He understood He knew that she would do all that would be expected of her She would ood daughter, and she would be a gooddown her neck…
She turned abruptly, thinking if there was so there behind her, she would see it now
There was nothing, except…
It seereat cape As if it flowed in the air like aafter her
She sed hard It was just the darkness She knew the darkness that could coends about dehed at thee in a car sohtened These woods… the fields, valleys, cliffs, and tors…
She had walked them all of her life
Maria, Maria… you cannot run, Maria
And again, the sense of laughter in her head, evil laughter, as if…
She stared behind her, at the darkness, the giant, sweeping shadows Suddenly, o home But instinct warned her that she could not run that way, she couldn’t run into the arms of the shadow
And so she turned, and ran ahead hard
She blinked as dust flew into her eyes Then she sla hard and warhter sounded in her ain The whisper of her name She wanted to scream But she saw the smile, then felt…
A wave of sheer, sweet eroticism Dear God…
"There should have been retfully
"I hurried I ran to you," she whispered
"Sweet one,behind ht… for a minute… it was you And when I first saw you…"
"There, there, my love!"
His eyes caressed her first She felt the over her naked flesh, awaking, arousing…
"The day is co too quickly," he murmured
"The day?" she said foolishly
"Never mind," he said, and his mouth found hers, and he drew her from the road, to a copse Leaves had fallen, and they htful bed She had never been with a man, and yet, she couldn’t free herself of any forh He drew her into his arms, seemed to taste her lips, and then her flesh, and she nearly shrieked with the sweet ecstasy of his touch Everything bold; his hands, so powerful; his kiss, a fury…