wanted a shower so desperately. She peeked through the curtain and saw the man sitting on the toilet, studying something on his phone.
She hated the idea of showering with a strange man in the bathroom, but he didn?t seem to be paying her any mind and she knew she?d kick herself later for passing up the opportunity for a shower.
Slowly, she began to undress and every few seconds she?d peek through the crack in the curtain. The man was still ignoring her.
She showered as quickly as possible, but it was anything but quick, considering that she hadn?t bathed in weeks. She had realized that she?d taken so many every day, mundane things for granted. The greatest example of those things was toilet paper. Lucifer had at least given them a toilet, but there were absolutely no hygiene products at all. She knew that she smelled like a homeless man who?d bathed in a sewer. That was the reason that she just couldn?t refuse the shower.
Part of her felt guilty for standing under the hot running water when the other girl had been down there sitting in grime for much longer than she had. But again, she couldn?t say no.
No matter how much soap she used, or how hard she scrubbed, she felt as if the filth would forever be embedded in her skin. She paid special mind to the wound on her forearm. The man had been right in saying that the wound of a silver blade wouldn?t heal. Her arm hadn?t hardly healed at all in the past couple days and she worried that it was actually getting worse. She knew that bacteria in her hell-hole of a temporary home could cause infection and she was quite certain that it had gotten infected. She cleaned the area gently and as the soapy water rinsed from it, it washed away some of the scabby areas. Underneath the scabs, Jane found puss.
When she was finished showering, she turned the water off and pulled the towel around her. Thankfully, it was a large towel and seemed to cover her quite well.
She opened the shower curtain and found the man still sitting on the toilet. He looked up and her and when he saw that she was finished showering, he took her arm and led her out into the hall. They turned another direction from when he?d brought her to the bathroom and Jane wondered if she was going to have to wear men?s clothing again. She didn?t mind though, at least they?d be clean.
The man led her into a room and Jane stared absently at the closet, waiting to him to gather her some clothing, but to her horror, he closed the door behind him and locked it.
Jane?s eyes widened and her mouth fell open, and before she could think of what to do, he struck her in the face, knocking her back onto the bed. How could she have been so na?ve? What had made her think she could trust this man, even a little?
He stepped closer and ripped the towel from her and she scrambled over the bed, grabbing the blankets up to cover herself.
She?d never seen any expression at all on the man?s face before. He?d always done as his Alpha instructed without question or opinion, but now he wore an evil grin and Jane could tell by the look in his eye that the wolf inside of the man had grown feral.
Knowing that any effort to escape or protect herself may provoke the man and the wolf inside, she sat motionless on the bed as he slowly moved closer. He hovered over her and leaned in, forcing her to lie back on the bed. She gritted her teeth and watched in disgust as he closed his eyes, leaning forward to study her scent.
Chapter 27
Realizing that it may be her only chance, she transformed quicker than she?d have thought possible and latched onto the man?s throat. He struggled as she bit down and in a moment, he transformed as well, but Jane had a death-grip on him and it remained even through the transformation. It took longer than she?d anticipated, but eventually, he ceased struggling as his oxygen levels dropped. When his body lie still and motionless, she jerked with all the strength she had in her and tore his windpipe from his throat.
She dropped the flesh from her jaws and moved off of the bed. She transformed again to her human form and wiped the blood from her