As the water cascaded down Ophelia's back, her mind tried to come up for a better way to reveal her true identity in front of Rowan.
She had her eyes closed shut as she showered, trying to get the dirt out of her hair as thoroughly as possible. She had been bathing in motels or lakes along the entirety of her journey from Eliard to Escalara and she was finally glad to have a working shower in the room designated to her in the palace.
Valerio had been exceptionally clingy for the first few hours since her arrival, especially after they had snuck into the palace without informing anyone about her return. The two of them had decided that it was best to inform the palace and the city later on, when they would be able to devise a better plan to do so.
Ophelia's identity was only made know
