Steam rose around me as I sat submerged in the marble tub, my knees drawn to my chest, my arms wrapped tight around them. The bathroom was silent, even the cool water didn't ripple. whenever I took my bath I usually turned on the music in the background because it gives me a sense of calm, but today i didn't turn it on, I didn't light the scented candles Kyl got me. The luxury of the villa had stopped dazzling me long ago and everything now felt like static, like time has stood Still. I bathed like it was a ritual, scrubbing away invisible shackles that refused to budge.
I reached for the soft towel to dry my body that was when I heard it, it was a thud on the front door.
Bang, bang , bang
The knock jolted me from my thought, it was loud and aggressive and I wondered who could ha
