Sacrifice - Short story by Lilly Rose

Sacrifice by LillyRose "Please, no…", she begged, as her shawl fell willingly to the cold, hard floor of the cathedral. Her lily white corset was now stained with the crimson liquid streaming down from the tiny pricks on the nape of her neck. "Be still," he demanded. With a swift, graceful motion, he grabbed the rope of the friar's robe that had been tied so tightly around his waist. The rope had the three sacred knots of virtue; one for obedience, one for poverty, and the largest for chastity. How he clun..