One of A Kind

Chapter 10

    When I woke up, my body was stiff from the changes coursing through me. I stretched and looked around, the bed I fell asleep in was a California king set in an old fashioned canopy bed. It had been donned with scarlet red bedding and black curtain drapes for the canopy. 

    The room itself had been painted forest green, with white trimming. There were several chairs in the room all lined in black, matching the style of the bed. This definitely should have been the master bedroom and not meant to be a spare room. But with a vampire's sensitivity to light, they prefer to have basement bedrooms.

    As I got out of the bed to stretch my legs, I noticed that Kiah wasn't in the room with me. I got up and checked the bathroom, he wasn't there either. I walked into the bathroom and started up the shower. I looked around the master bath and gasped. 

    The shower was made of thick glass, and it was at least 10x10, it was huge. It had two shower heads on each side, and on the ceiling, it had a rainfall showerhead. It even had ledges on the back wall for your body wash and shampoo. Next to it sat a deep-set Jacuzzi soaking tub, and next to the tub was a huge old fashioned vanity. 

    I think the bathroom is the biggest room in the house. I thought to myself as I turned on the shower.

           As I hopped into the shower I heard someone come into the bedroom, I sniffed the air and smelled a woman, instantly I knew it was Ella, she's the only other girl in the house.

     "Yelena, is it you in here?" She asked as she came into the bathroom.

           "Yup, I'm in the shower silly, you had to have heard the water running," I replied. "I forgot to grab some towels, though, and I noticed there weren't any hanging up. Can I ask you to grab me one, please?" I asked as nicely as possible.

           "Yeah, I'll be right back with one." She replied as she closed the door to the bathroom. 

           I needed a hot shower; I could feel my muscles relax with the hot water running down my body. I noticed copper tint to the water that was draining. I forgot about the werewolf incident. I thought to myself. 

    But it was exhilarating to watch him squirm. My wolf replied to my thoughts. I nodded as a giggle escaped my lips.

           I heard the bathroom door open again, so I popped my head out of the shower door to say thank you, but it wasn't Ella that brought me my towel, it was Kiah. I hurried and shut the door again, embarrassed, hoping he didn't just see me naked.

           "Thank you, Kiah, for bringing me the towel, I appreciate it greatly," I said shyly, hoping my voice didn't give my embarrassment away.

           "You're very welcome, Yelena; let me know if you need anything else." He replied as he closed the bathroom door behind him.

           As I was showering, I realized that it always takes longer for me to shower. I have thick long blond hair, so it takes a while for me to wash out the shampoo and conditioner. 

    I smiled as I thought about how my dad always told me I looked like my mother. For so long, I always thought that was the reason why it was so easy for him to stow me away. I never thought that it really hurt him to tell everyone he met that I wasn't his child.

    My father and my brother look so much alike, and I look nothing like him. I felt that it was easier for him to say he only had one child, and that I was a friend of the family.

    It hurt my feelings when he would say stuff like that. I guess I resented my father growing up because he never told me why he said the things he said to strangers. Sometimes it made me feel like he didn't want me, and that's why it was easy for me to let him go when he had me live with Kiah's family. 

    I understand better now why he said those things, and love him more, I know that he was protecting me against the people back then who wanted to kill me. 

    As I got out of the shower and dried off, I looked into the vanity mirror and gasped. I looked closely at my face and realized my face looked more sculpted. My cheekbones were higher, and my eyes were a lighter blue. I looked different than I had before. My muscles looked toned, and my training scars had healed overnight. I looked rejuvenated. 

    I noticed my brush and all my make-up was on the vanity, Kiah had brought more than a towel. I'll have to thank him when I get out of the bathroom. I thought to myself and started to do my make-up.

 As I was finishing up in the bathroom, I noticed that he had set some clothes on one of the tub steps. I dressed and stepped all 5'2 of my clean body out into the master bedroom and gasped.

    Kiah was sitting on the bed with breakfast and a dozen red tulips, waiting for me. I blushed and walked over to him and gave him a hug and a kiss.

    "Thank you for putting everything in the bathroom for me, even though all I asked for was a towel," I said quietly as I sat down to eat. 

    "I figured you wouldn't want me to see you naked again, so I was just trying to consider your feelings and didn't want to put you out of your comfort zone." He replied, smirking a little, and I knew it was to the thought of me naked, so I slugged him on the shoulder.

     "Thank you for being considerate, I appreciate it, but don't smirk at my being naked, it's not funny," I replied as I cut up some waffles and forked them into my mouth. 

     "You made this maple syrup, it's my dad's recipe, I can tell." I sighed and kept chewing my delicious waffles.

    One of the best qualities my dad had was the fact that he liked to cook, he knew all sorts of tasty recipes. His maple syrup is one of my favorites. That's because breakfast has always been my favorite meal, I'm a fool for waffles.

    "You're right." He replied as he sat behind me and started giving me a neck massage. "I didn't steal it from your dad, though; he willingly gave it to me a long time ago." 

    "Yeah, I know I figured that out when your dad was the one making it back when we were younger." I replied, leaning back into the massage, "Has anyone ever told you that you have magic fingers." I thought about what I had said then added, "Never mind, please don't answer that question," then continued on with eating my waffles.

    He laughed, "no one has ever told me that specifically, but you have a sick mind, little lady, to have taken back such a nice comment." He moved his hands from my neck to my shoulders.

    I ate the rest of my waffles and drank the orange juice leaning all the way back into him. He put his arms around me, hugged me, and kissed the top of my head.