Noctisardor Bypass [m] ave verum corpus

marriage.
it dropped her belly and clenched her heart; she stared at him with wavering shock, as if each small comprehension built into a larger one.
had she ever been so intensely desired before?
the newness of it so overwrought heda that it was almost as if she had only lifted the veil; the veil upon how deep her own desires could run.
and so heda did not say yes one way or another; they communed in silent holiness that there was more to be done before the purity of her promise could not be compromised.
unable to do more than gently touch his shoulder, heda turned and was away on timorous steps, looking back twice to see his muscular figure silhouetted against his shrine, his eyes devout upon her.