Chapter 12

Act 3. Was it an illusion? Was it just her imagination? No, no. That sensation had been clear and distinct. When she was lying across Ezio’s lap, Hwani had realized that his body was pressing against her—that what usually hung limp had grown hard and taut, swelling upward. She remembered learning from whispered talk about sex that the medical term for it was an “erection”… Whenever she recalled that moment, Hwani’s face felt as if it were on fire. For a while afterward, she had been distracted even in the middle of her daily routine, her mind constantly drifting elsewhere.