Paloma (from 'Light and Dark') - Sex Stories

Paloma (from 'Light and Dark')

... and silence, to talk and kiss, and kiss again, as he days melted away like warm butter. One day she had gone riding alone. It was a day when she felt truly free, the wind whipping her wild auburn hair back, licking and cooling her face as she galloped on, ever faster, as though she were flying. She circled the fields; the horse beneath her was shining and glistening, her blue floral skirt was hitched to the very top of her lightly bronzed thighs, contrasting deliciously with the sleek, shining chestnut coat of the horse between them, riding hard until she was once more in sight of her home. As she slowed, she became aware of a wetness between her legs. She dismounted and lifted her skirt to see a wet, red circle of blood on the white cotton of her panties. She screamed out, almost involuntarily, causing her mother to rush from the house. Upon seeing the blood, her mother without hesitation accused Paloma of having what she called ‘the sin of carnal relations’ with Alonso, an allegation that Paloma obviously denied vociferously. She was immediately banned from seeing the boy again, and her mother made immediate arrangements to send her to a school near Burgos, run by the sisters of one of the strictest religious orders in Spain, for the following two years, all for the sin of breaking her hymen on a wild, ecstatic horse ride one summer’s morning. Paloma had always secretly despised religion and the way it restricted her. All of her craved to be free; free of being told she was ...

... sinful, worthless, guilty and under the continual judgement and punishment of an omniscient and harsh deity. The following two years were austere and cruel, and the regime humiliating. Gradually she withdrew into herself, a burning, torrid rage moving inside her for which she had no outlet. Upon her return to Puente de Almas, she became almost a recluse, shutting herself away in her room, and whiling away the hours writing feverishly in her notebooks, which she then locked away in her trunk. Her mother became increasingly irritated and upset, constantly telling her that she had to get a job, pray several times daily, confess her sins daily, and go to the church of San Lorenzo every Sunday, something she had steadfastly refused to do since her return from Burgos. One day, things became so heated between them that Paloma ended up throwing various items against the wall and shouting uncontrollably at her mother in frustration. The local policeman, Santiago Fuentes, was called. During the course of the intervention, the police officer tried to take Paloma’s arm to calm her down, whereupon her elbow flew back quite accidentally into the policeman’s nose, causing it to bleed profusely. Serious consideration was given as to whether to bring Paloma before the local court for assaulting the policeman, but eventually it was decided that if she agreed to seek help, she would escape with a warning. Her mother had wanted the ‘help’ to be given by the church; something which Paloma flatly ...