Compilation Of Short Stories
He closed his eyes, drowning in the mundane miracle of it.
Their sessions became the anchor of his existence. They progressed from hands to forearms, shoulders, backs. He learned the map of her body through the fabric of her clothes, the tight knot of muscle between her shoulder blades, the delicate ridge of her spine. He, in turn, let her touch his horns, the sensitive skin at the base making him shudder with a sensation that was utterly new, utterly his, not something he was stealing.
“The theory is,” Faye explained one afternoon, her voice a little unsteady as they sat facing each other on the mat, “that human pleasure is as much in the mind as the body. It’s in the anticipation. The shar