The Lover
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Love! What a simple word that could not encompass her feelings, so deep and turbulent she feared she’d drown just by looking at him. Her every waking hour was yearning; the nights were sleepless sorrow. From the first moment he’d spoken to her, she’d loved him, then had to endure the agony of his loss. Now she knew a new agony, both the pleasure of his embrace and the weight of sin.
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Lately there was nothing but escape for her,
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“Go, chase the moon, tell it your lies.”
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She’d always known her lover would come from beyond the forest. Gently she closed the door behind him and showed him the bed where a warm meal might be had.