He continued to watch her for some time before raising his hand to brush his fingers against her cheek, only to pause midway when he noticed droplets of blood on his hand.
Curling his fingers, he withdrew his hand and silently padded across his room to the other side of the bed, stepping inside the bathroom. He turned on the faucet, letting steaming water fill the tub. He then went to stand in front of the mirror and studied his bloodied face and hands with his hollow eyes. One by one, he shed his blood-stained clothes before sinking his naked form into the hot water.
Soon, the water turned a faint pink as the blood left his body. He rested his head back against the tub, as his thoughts went back to a couple of hours earlier, when he had been in the dungeon, questioning the woman named Kayla.
