Book One, page 71

bravo1102 on Sept. 14, 2017

Not to be dissuaded our gentleman tries Searsha. As he suspected she is way out of his league. She expects a lot and he realizes any macho bluster will not work with a sorceress. Ragnar didn't brag; he just showed what he could do. That's why Searsha was drawn to him. He didn't talk; he acted. And Gillian likes the idea of a female orgasm. The average American sex act is about 10 minutes from petting to male ejaculation. It can be summed up as "kiss, squeeze(boobs), in-and-out, shudder (male ejaculation), snore (male falls asleep) SO there is little foreplay or afterplay and it's all about the male getting off. I'm old enough to remember the book The Joy of Sex and Everything you wanted to know about Sex but were Afraid to Ask. There's more to sex than what most people do.

Searsha was a whore and knows all about sex. Sorceresses are also experts in medicine including fertility problems as well as sexual health and double as midwives (as Larya mentioned earlier about delivering babies and treating nausea) This is pre-modern medicine and the various skills aren't yet combined in a medical doctor. You'll go to an apothecary or a sorceress or a surgeon (or a priest specializing in such studies because of their deity's attributes)(note: though I use “priest” the it includes both male and female clerics. As would be expected, there are no male clerics of Nella the goddess of womanhood)

Wait, the wench at the barrel is named Gillian? Why not? It is Gillian Anderson from the “X-Files” When not playing Dana Scully, she is so wonderful.

And Searsha finally meets Glorianna. And Larya and Elsa are just around the corner.