Blood and Rain
His pale, powerful body was a map of the war—marked by fresh, angry bruises, shallow cuts from crystalline weapons, and the dark grime of the elven trenches.
Rebecca stepped into the shallow, steaming waters of the spring, pulling him down gently with her until the soothing, mineral-rich heat swirled around their waists. She took up a soft cloth and a bowl of fragrant oils, and with an unhurried, reverence older than time, she began to wash the remnants of the campaign from his skin.
Sikat na Kabanata