The ceremony had ended and the priests were walking down the dirt pathway leading from the altar back to the main building. Calina watched the hooded figures walk in two lines, their robes dragging in the dust. The last two priests were helping support a naked young woman as she walked with them. As she got closer, Calina could see a faint trickle of blood running down her thigh.
Once the priests had passed the inner gates, the worshipers began to move off of the stone seating and filed out behind them as Calina remained behind as she did at every ceremony. When all the worshipers had left, she walked to the edge of the altar and gazed upon the statue of Priapus, or more accurately, she gazed upon the erect penis monumentally protruding from the statue.
The statue itself stood nearly seven feet tall, with its arms outstretched at its sides, it was nearly eight feet wide. The body was entirely naked, with incredibly detailed musculature including erect nipples along with the erect cock. Still gazing at the cock, Calina marveled at its perfect proportions. It jutted outward from a beautifully detailed scrotum, curving slightly, with powerful veins protruding along the shaft. The head, unsheathed from the foreskin still glistened from the ceremony.
"It is magnificent," a woman said.
Startled by the voice, Calina turned quickly asking, "Who is it?"
"It's okay, you don't know me, but I can be a friend. I'm Sierra," the woman said stepping closer to Calina.
Noticing her long black hair and dark eyes, Calina quickly bowed and said, "I am sorry to interfere with you, I will leave."
"No, no, that isn't necessary, I came here to see you."
"Why me?"
"Well, I remember when it was your time in the ceremony. When the priests brought you to Priapus and gave your virginity to it," she said, opening her robe and showing Calina a mark on her right shoulder, a mark exactly like the one carved into Calina's shoulder after the ceremony.
"You?"
"Yes, it was many years ago, but I too felt the power of Priapus' organ. Now, although I am married and have children, I have never been filled like that first time. I've never felt the joy until I felt Priapus inside me again."
"You've..."
"Shhh... you speak of blasphemy," she said, but then leaning to her, the woman whispered, "Yes, I have felt the joys of that sacred cock and I know why you are here, why after every ceremony you return and gaze upon it."
"You mean I can have it again," she whispered.
"Yes, I will help you, but we must be careful," the woman said, hooking her arm in Calina's and leading her back down the pathway. "Each midweek the priests lock themselves in dark seclusion, and since it is forbidden to visit the temple during seclusion, none of the believers will come to the altar either. If you come here then, we'll be completely alone."
Stepping through the inner gate, Calina asked, "What time should I come?"
"Be here at the gate just after sunset wearing only your robe."
Calina nodded.
"Now you should go, do not let them see you showing too much interest," she said, nodding toward several priests milling around near their building,
Calina bid her new friend, "Goodbye," and returned home.
Later, at midweek Calina returned, silently waiting at the inner gate for Sierra. The older woman appeared and without a word, motioned for her to follow. When they reached the altar, Sierra whispered some instructions to Calina, "I will help you mount, however after that you will be on your own. Now, things will begin to happen that you will not expect, do not be afraid, you will not be hurt and you will soon see how good it can be. Now are you ready?"
Calina nodded nervously.