The Church of the Illuminated 3

By Jennie May

This is the third book in The Church of the Illuminated series. Jennie and Eric attend a traditional Illuminated wedding and further their own domestic discipline relationship. Humor, spanking and sex are all included in the third Illuminated book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jennie May
• Release date: Jan 2, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452301945

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Thrice Illuminated

The Church of the Illuminated Part Three

By Jennie May

Copyright 2009

Published by Smashwords

Chapter One

Let’s get going, Eric called from the living room of our one bedroom apartment.

I stuck my head out of the bedroom door. He was sitting on the sofa, absently flicking through the channels with his remote. He looked annoyed. I’d just finished showering, drying my hair and putting on makeup. I was standing in my panties and bra trying to figure out what I was going to wear. I’m not ready, I told him. We have time. The wedding isn’t until two.

You said you wanted to get lunch, remember? Eric reminded me. He knew I’d wanted to try a new restaurant on the way to the wedding.

We have plenty of time, I insisted.

It had been almost three months since I’d broken the lease on my apartment to move in with Eric. Those months had been mostly bliss. I was head-over-heels for this guy. At least I was most of the time.

I looked at my closet and tried to decide what to wear. What on earth is appropriate for an Illuminated wedding? I’d asked Eric, but he only said to wear something pretty. The wedding was taking place in the afternoon, so I knew I didn’t have to go formal. I wondered if a skirt and blouse would be dressy enough. Then I wondered if my skirt would be too short.

What is taking so long? Eric demanded. He came through the door looking angry. You’re not dressed? What have you been doing in here?

I’ve been trying to find something to wear, I told him. I want to look right for your ultra-conservative friends and family.

Eric grew up as one of The Illuminated, a fact that I was constantly aware of. This religious group was full of people who were caring and kind, but they had some pretty intense beliefs.

The people getting married today were both first cousins of Eric, one on his mom’s side and one on his dad’s. It seemed to me that pretty much everyone in The Illuminated was related somehow. Ambrose was an unusual bride, being twenty and considered an old maid as far as her church was concerned. Her fiancé, David, was only a little bit older. This was unusual also. There was often a good ten or even fifteen year difference in the ages of married couples of The Illuminated. Eric’s mother was a youthful forty-five, but his father was sixty.

Eric was no longer part of the group, but