determined defences of the second party to the transaction.
And that was what had brought the beautiful Illyra into his embrace. Her own
agreement that, unless something happened to interfere, she would be available
for him in the man-woman relation.
Apparently, once she realized that the bargain was binding, she did not resist
its meaning. In the darkness Stulwig found her naked body fully acceptant of
him. Complete with many small motions and excitements. Most of the women who
paid in kind for his services lay like frozen statues, occasionally vibrating a
little in the final moments of the act. After which they hastily slipped out of
bed. Dressed. And raced off down the stairs and out into the Maze.
With Illyra so different, even to the point of sliding her palms over his skin,
Stulwig found himself thinking once more of the huge blacksmith who was her
established lover. It was hard to visualize this female, even though she seemed
somewhat larger than he would have guessed, with such a massive male on top of
her. Although-
A sudden realization: there were surprisingly strong muscles that lay under him.
… This woman is no weakling. In fact-
Presently, as he proceeded with the lovemaking, Stulwig found himself mentally
shaking his head … Those voluminous S’danzo skirts, he thought, conceal more
than slender flesh – his sudden impression was that, in fact, Illyra was on the
plump side. And that obviously she wore the skirts to hide a considerably
heavier body than she wanted onlookers to know about. Not hard to do, with her