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Chapter Sixteen

Author: KL Jenkins
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Lilith's POV

I wash exactly as Theo demanded using the lavender body scrub and loafer.

Meticulously I dip myself in the water before scrubbing every inch of skin I have before moving on to my hair.

Memorising all the wounds I have I watch in amazement as I rid the last of the horrid-smelling stuff from my skin, the burns and mottled skin healing in front of my eyes.

The skin changes colour and knits back together in places in a fast motion.

I've never quite seen myself heal this way, except maybe when Theo had licked my wounds.

Moving my wrist back and forth I watch as the rope burns change from gaping open to healing shut to a scar pink and bright.

Something has awoken in me back there with that man, a feeling of belonging and Abyss has become stronger her call to be with someone almost overwhelming. She pines in my mind, our bond getting stronger as the minutes go by.

She mumbles about mates and acceptance but it's so quiet in the far reaches of the back of my mind that I can ba
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