They went back into the room and found Scarlet still awake but drowsy. Her eyelids were heavy and she was leaning on Kayla for support. When they walked into the room Scarlet held out her hand to Stephan and he quickly went to her side. With his bound hand, he took hers and immediately regretted it.
Scarlet’s eyes were fixed on the once white cloth now turning to a deep shade of muddy red. As much as she tried she couldn’t pull her eyes away. Slowly she lifted her fingers and gently brushed them over the cloth, feeling the moisture and dampness of his blood as it seeped through the already drenched cloth.
Stephan pulled his arm away when he realized how fixated she was on it. “Don’t worry about it. Just drink this.” He took both her hands and wrapped them around the mug, his own still li
