Well, that was fast anyway. I figured that all the men had gone away so there would be anyone left to ask me what the hell I was doing there.
Anyway, women hardly went to the assembly back then. If a woman was there, then it was for punishment.
But that was a long time ago and I wasn't sure if they still did it anyway.
I didn't want to turn around yet. Wanted to make the person behind me feel like he was talking to no one on particular.
But the moment I heard footsteps coming towards me, I realized I needed to turn around and look at the man in the eyes.
He was younger than I expected. But his face was getting hard. As stone. As if someone has merely sculpted his face right from granite.
Look at those laws of his. If Veronica had slept with this particular man, then I wouldn't be sirpirised. Because the man looked strong and able enough to handle a woman in bed
