Chapter 48
If a man finds a girl who is a virgin,
Who is not engaged, and seizes her
And lies with her and they are discovered,
Then the man who lay with her
Shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver,
And she shall become his wife
Because he has violated her;
He cannot divorce her all his days.
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—Deuteronomy 22:28-29
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LUCIFER
The dreams were disjointed, like snippets of memory mixed in from different puzzles, but a muscular hand steadied him, gave him an anchor so he did not fall back into the void.
Jamin…
People poked at him. He knew it was Doctor Halpas. Sometimes Ninsianna touched him and it made him all a-tingle. He resented the intrusion. It felt too much like s*x, unwanted, without the invitation. He wanted the goddess' Chosen One to stop f*****g around
