The Virgin's Debt (2012)
“She prayed to God for forgiveness over the sin of fornication, but added a request that her impurity would be judged in the context of her growing affection for the man she was sinning with.
‘He claims not to believe in you, but I know it’s not true,’ she whispered to God. ‘He is bitter because of his deformity. He doesn’t understand that you gave him a small imperfection, so he wouldn’t marry anyone else until I found him.’ Katrina lowered her head, intending to pray for her father, who wo...uld shortly be ascending to Heaven, but a scraping sound at the entrance distracted her.
‘Milady!’ Margaret’s clear voice rang from outside the chapel, and Katrina surged to her feet. The gown she had, with the help of Joan’s elderly mother, fashioned from a pair of old velvet curtains might be lacking in style and elegance, but it shielded her from the November chills. In the past three weeks, since Rothmore rescued her from being burned on the stake, she had been ordered into his bed every night.MoreLess
‘He claims not to believe in you, but I know it’s not true,’ she whispered to God. ‘He is bitter because of his deformity. He doesn’t understand that you gave him a small imperfection, so he wouldn’t marry anyone else until I found him.’ Katrina lowered her head, intending to pray for her father, who wo...uld shortly be ascending to Heaven, but a scraping sound at the entrance distracted her.
‘Milady!’ Margaret’s clear voice rang from outside the chapel, and Katrina surged to her feet. The gown she had, with the help of Joan’s elderly mother, fashioned from a pair of old velvet curtains might be lacking in style and elegance, but it shielded her from the November chills. In the past three weeks, since Rothmore rescued her from being burned on the stake, she had been ordered into his bed every night.MoreLess
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