"Nights in Katapesh"

"... Can one die of love? I will soon find out, for each day I spend without you is like the jagged blades of eternity stinging my body. Yes, I will soon die, die of my love for you! She was beside herself with anger. She stood and tried to leave, but he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her onto the sofa. She screamed in fear as he sprung forward, grabbed her head and plundered her pink lips with a violent kiss. She dropped her head against the back of the sofa, and he continued to shower her blazing skin, to caress her shoulders, smothering her with his rough manly smell, driving her out of her head, carrying her away on waves of lust. Breaking through the words of love that rained from his lips, she moaned helplessly, unable to hide the desire in her voice... "You are but a rude, shameless barbarian..."