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So, when a sound came from the door, it drew her eyes in that direction, but she couldn’t move her head. Scarlet could barely see the big steaming bowl with a rag on the rim. Nick's voice came from the other side saying, “There is some Hot Water to get cleaned up and if she is up to it there is soup ready.”
Alex’s eyes swept over Scarlet’s body as he used his tail to bring the bowl over to them, then grabbed the rag and dipped it in the water to begin cleaning her body. Wondering when His mark was going to appear, he heard her weak voice say, “I’m hungry.” As Alex was about to say something, when Nicks Hand was already reaching in and placing Two big bowls of soup for them.
When he got her cleaned up and fed, his mark had yet to appear. Not in any hurry, Alex just wrapped her up and
