Even completely unclothed, the older woman pressed herself to him. Breaking every rule of propriety she had pounded into Chastity’s mind over 18 yea...rs of painstakingly enclosed upbringing. ‘The world out there was amok with temptation and sin!’ She had proclaimed. ‘Girls these days wearing as little as they could, to lure righteous men from the path and into their lurid wants.’Yet, here they both now stood. Naked under the emerging stars. Encircled by men they could not know the faces of and. I went over tothe sink and splashed some cold water on my face. The whole thing wasgetting unbearable. They wanted me to explain something to them thatdidn't happen and I was damned if I couldn't. Lovely...When I got back to class, Mrs. Stevens seemed to be going oversomething in math. She told me to go back to my seat and take notes."Hey Steph, what happened?" Jess whispered to me as I sat down."They think I cheated on the test," I whispered back."Did you?" No!" Bummer." Ms. Taylor, Ms.. You won’t be able to take it off of your neck but it will allow you some freedom and you’ll be able to get up and walk around.’ He slipped it around her neck, clasping it with a small gold lock. ‘But, if you at any time give me any grief, it’ll be back in the chair with you and you won’t enjoy the punishment.’ ‘I understand,’ she murmured, her eyes downcast. ‘Wonderful!’ he said, smiling. She felt a painful scraping tug on her wrists as he cut through each of the ties, whisking away the broken. Not just for the sake of a good crop, but each year since late puberty the Harvest Moon triggers what I call my inheritance. And then all hell breaks loose. I’m not exactly sure why, but my wife and I have never spoken about the inheritance. For myself, I don’t have real clear memories of what happens, although for weeks afterwards I will have some pretty vivid dreams. The dreams are always about drinking wine and having wild sex with screaming women. I catch my wife checking the Farmer’s.