It's been a few years since I read it, but there was also some implication, at least in my reading, that the priestess and her goddess had allowed the rape in order to lure the protagonist into their trap (which is pretty much in character for the gods); but then I'm also twistedly optimistic/romantic enough to read his eventual fate as a fortunate one.
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Date: 2010-12-03 07:26 pm (UTC)