Deaths Possession
My knees are still somewhere back in that forest, or whatever the hell that was, and my ribs ache like I grew new bones mid-fall.
Tinkling, running water drifts through the room. Not a hissing rusted pipe to be heard, the waters probably drawn from a sacred spring and filtered through the skin of virgins.
Slowly, I push up on my elbows, watch him move around the bathroom, a practiced rhythm as he's done this a thousand times. The tub is enormous, roll top, claw-footed, gleaming white porcelain with gold fixtures shaped like demons. A colored glass bottle drips a dark liquid into the water, instantly perfuming the air with bruised petals and honey.
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