Revenge is Sweet
Estel heard simply the lovely description of love at its most sensual without feeling any embarrassment at the specificity, maybe because the words were recorded rather than spoken to her.
She didn't find the love scenes in his earlier works sweet and compassionate. This one was probably not, but the others weren't. Something within her seemed receptive to the idea that love might be right, sound, and thrilling. Estel experienced the bliss the man in the narrative gave to his future bride as he took her gently but passionately. The sting of invasion gave way to the comfort of ownership. Then, the burning wants to be whole in this man's arms—the consummation of mutuality and oneness.