Queendom

16. Kitchen Counters and Showers

I opened my eyes and I wasn't in the cold cell anymore, I was outside, blood covering me from head to toe. My breathing was erratic and not leveled. I looked to my left and saw Thanatos finishing off one of Boris's goons. I then looked down and saw my mother cradling Talon who had a large wound on his stomach.

"What happened Momma?" I asked her
"One of Boris's wolves bit him" she whimpered
"I can heal him" I assured her and began to heal my baby brother.
"Where is Boris?" I asked Thanatos
"I think you killed him" he told me
"Where are we?" I asked
"Somewhere in the middle of the woods, the house we were in was set ablaze" Thanatos informed me I just nodded and continued trying to heal my brother. It took a lot of my energy to heal Talon and after I finally healed him, I passed out.

When I came to again I was in a very soft bed, and a warm hand was holding my cold one.
"Braxton" I whispered my eyes still closed
"Yes baby?" He asked me
"Hey," I smiled finally opening my eyes. He looked so tired, his hair was a enormous mess, his eyes were sunken in and had major bags under them, and he hasn't shaved in a few days.
"You look so rough" I whispered to him, reaching my hand out to touch his face. He leaned into my touch and a small smiled played on his lips.
"It's because I missed you" he said to me with his eyes closed.
"I missed you too," I ran the tips of my fingers through his hair.
"When was the last time you showered?" I asked him chuckling.
"The morning of the day you went missing" he told me.

"Gross" I wrinkled my nose

"Says the girl who is covered in blood" he chuckled, his thick accent brought me comfort as I just simply smiled at him.

"Lets go shower then" I offered

"Together?" his eye brows raised as lust was beginning to swim in his eyes,

"No funny business, sir" I pointed a finger at him as I began to it up from the bed. Braxton disappeared to the bathroom and I soon heard the water running in the large shower. I grabbed two towels from the bathroom closet and set them on the counter. Braxton was already in the shower and I began to take off my bloody clothes. That were caked with dried blood, my skin was no longer a nice tanned color, rather, a stained red. My hair was also matted with dried blood and dirt. I finished getting undressed and I stepped into the shower.

My heart was pounding viciously and I was nervous. Braxton had his eyes closed as the water cascaded down his body, I couldn't help but watch the water trail down his toned chest and abdomen, but I didn't let my eyes wander any further down.

"I can smell your arousal, love" Braxton's eyes snapped open and the blue oceans peered into my green eyes. A red blush crept over my cheeks as I turned around and let the water from the other faucet wash away the caked on mess.

I poured soap on my loofah and began to scrub the rest of the thick layer of blood off my skin. Braxton grabbed the loofah from my hands, carefully moved my wet hair to my right shoulder and began to wash the blood from my back, not daring to go down any further than the small of my back. I felt his fingers trace over my large scars that were placed raggedly on my back, his finger tips trailed down my spine, softly

"can I see them?" He randomly asked me

"See what?" I asked him, puzzled

"your marks" he clarified, I nodded and mumbled the word and felt a slight stinging on my back.

I then felt his warm lips going down to each number, leaving a small kiss, and then back up. I turned around and got lost in his ocean eyes, that were now a few shades darker.I knew my eyes were almost black from all of lust I was feeling. I pulled his face to mine and placed a kiss on his warm lips.