Today had taken a turn for the utterly unexpected.
Nat sighed in contentment as she scooted lower in the big bath in Beauty’s rooms. Well, room really. Originally a cell like the one she’d been kept in, the door was unlocked and the bars covered with panels of fabric and wall hangings for privacy.
The space was open plan, "rooms" created by wooden screens. The bathroom was right next to the bedroom and she could just see movement the other side through the intricate mesh. She watched over the rim of the bath.
After the excitement of the day, and the little altercation with the big alien, she’d had no fight left in her when he’d carried her in here. She hadn’t been sure what she’d expected from the surly pit champion, but it wasn’t to set her gently down on her feet next to a bath filled
