in which maggie and the priest get it on

She stood up and held out her hand. "Come, priest," she said. It was now loud enough in the tavern that he might not have heard her, but there was no mistaking her gesture or the expression on her face. He let her pull him to his feet and out of the tavern and through the streets to the inn. A quick stop to acquire a bottle, and they were up the stairs and into her rooms.

She did not even bother to open the bottle, now that they were inside where there was privacy and quiet, now that the two of them were alone to pull at each other's clothes and fall onto the bed in a flurry of hands and mouths. She had never been much for foreplay, and from the way the priest reached for her, she would guess that at least for tonight he was not particularly interested in it either.

( There was a bit of a chill in the room - the fire had not been lit )

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