HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, …
He had not thought to control his dragon-incited emotions, and Lessa's first experience had been violent. ... He had been a careful and considerate lover ever since, but, unless Ramoth and Mnementh were involved, he might as well call it rape.
Yet he knew someday, somehow, he would coax her into responding wholeheartedly to his love-making. He had a certain pride in his skill, and he was in a position to persevere.
— Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction) by Anne McCaffrey (Page 192 - 193)
Does it get any better now that Lessa is the queen of the Dragonriders? No. No it does not.
Ready to chuck this across the room again
