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Chapter 19
ZION
I jolted up, cold sweat coating my face. Wiping a hand down my face, I rolled out of bed and made my way to my adjoining bathroom. Turning the faucet for the shower, I stripped out of my clothes and allowed the ice-cold water to cascade down my body. I placed my palms onto the wall, making sure my head was directly under the faucet so it could awaken my senses.
After five minutes I closed the shower, stepped out, and then wrapped a towel around my waist. I tossed my clothes into the hamper before stepping out of the bathroom. There were clothes tossed everywhere in my room. No matter how much I tried the room never stayed clean.
Probably because I never tried hard enough but that's a story for another day.
A knock sounded on my door. Tossing on a black tee that hung over the chair behind my study desk and a boxer shorts, I rummaged through a pile of clothes on the floor to
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