pain-wrack

Updated: July 29, 2026

But her fingers were deep into the honest pain-wrack of his calf, and in her he could observe no reluctance of fear. "It's creeping up," he grunted through tight teeth, the grunt itself a half-controlled groan. He stiffened his whole right leg, as with another spasm, hurting his real minor cramps, but flexing the muscles of his upper leg into the seeming hardness of cramp.

Jack London - On the Makaloa Mat