utrid and bitter had My

k on the pillows fluffed behind her. It had been two days since her waking and

fter announcing himself with curt knocks on the door. He would bring porridge for breakfast, something simple and light on her stomac

a mangl

ation, then wake at noon to use the washroom which was a small bedpan just ou

d day, she

anging her sheets. He was leaning over the bed, smoothing out wrinkles wi

yes flicking to her. He acknowledge

questions or ask a few. It irked her that they hardly had any friendly conversations, but

oom somewhere and I kind of stink real bad." He had given her a cloth and bucket t

uttered in the air as he whipped it

like a ho

owly. Then nodde

inted against the intrusion and sat just a bit straighter as he turned around to finall

e me to draw i

esome... great. I

t follow him until he was out of view as he rounded the corner an

y human. They glided and gravity clearly favored them because the

t and all then suddenly he would be standing by her doorway with a tray of food or medicine i

. Sense the movements of his body beyond the

he wanted her

large towel and a pair of exfoliating glov

sheepishly as a chagrin flush took over. Did he smell my b

maybe even defensively. You're leaving this place in a few

er and were surprisingly – or suspiciously– her height, Mykah hobbled towards th

ture as his other arm was dipped in the water, feeling the temperature. His expression seemed

p neatly. There lay a long haggard scar from his inner wrist and along the underside. It l

ath is

lanced up to meet his silverquick gaze fl

o

thoughts as her eyes latched onto his. Wordlessly she hobbled down the hallway while craning her head

ut different knobs and where her towel and p

halting there briefly before flicking at her broke

, Mykah met his

nitely wash mys

door

er grunting, sighing and mumbling to herself about her broken arm and her twisted

ed on the cast. Mykah tried withdrawing her arm to fi

slowly dipping herself into the warm w

he simply lay there in the water watching as it rose up her neck and settled at the tip o

h as it rose past her face and her hair briefly

g until guilt set in. Washing her hair was another issue and by the time she was done and out of the bathtub, the floor was a pudd

cum of cleanness as

awing on the front button shirt with a loose pair of pants rolled

on on her face, avoiding her eyes which seemed darker under and h

on the hook and stepped out of the bathroom with stea

e. His home was built on a ranch with a neat shed in the distance and a truck parked right in front of it. A fence circled the

ndered just how f

and towards the hallway where she stood by the banister watching for movement below. The air was thick

e simply stood there contemplating if it was worth

man flesh? Or somethin

oor. Her nostrils flared as she sn

surely he would have

e fattening you up.

an to make her way into the bedroom w

r is r

and lodged itse