thornpricks

Updated: September 23, 2025

For Perion the most deadly battles are but thornpricks in the quest of Melicent; and such is Melicent's loyalty during the years of her longing that the possession of her most white body by Demetrios of Anatolia leaves her soul immaculate and almost unperturbed.

Carl Van Doren - Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)