ELOWEN
I stayed in the bedroom like Fao asked.
I showered until the water ran cold, scrubbing Trevor's touch off my skin, washing the taste of his blood from my mouth. Then I sat on the bed, wrapped in a towel, and listened.
I heard Fao moving through the cabin. Heard the back door open and close. Open and close again. Heard dragging sounds I didn't let myself think about too hard.
At some point, I stopped listening. Put on clothes. Crawled under the covers. Cried until I couldn't anymore.
I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew, dawn light was creeping through the curtains and Fao was sliding into bed beside me, his skin cold and damp, smelling like creek water and pine.
"It's done," he murmured against my hair. "Sleep."
I slept.
When I woke up properly, the sun w
