Page 28 of Horns & Heart
I cleared my throat.“I can totally take a shower by myself.”
Inkiri tilted his head.“I’ll help him.”
Lissir clicked in acknowledgment.“Good!I will be at the department store.”He winked at me and quickly left us to awkwardly stare at one another.
To break the uncomfortable eye contact, I ran a hand through my hair.“I’m really fine.”
Inkiri clicked.“You said you were alone for a while, yes?Come, sweet thing.You are not alone anymore.”
He reached for my wrist rather than my hand and lifted it to his mouth to kiss it before leading me along, this time toward the stairs.Someone as big as him shouldn’t have taken those stairs with that much elegance.I was smaller, yet I was the one who was slow and clumsy.
We went right this time, through another wide-open room in which they kept more weapons and clothing, all neatly sorted on shelves that looked relatively new.I hadn’t been prepared for an armory, but especially not for one containing bows and arrows along with a rifle.Or was that a shotgun?I didn’t know guns, and I would be glad if I never did.
The bathroom was past that armory, at the end of a short hallway.I gaped when I saw the large room.Smooth tiles in tones of brown covered the walls and floor, and the tub was about three times the normal size, taking up most of one corner.
There was also a shower stall, walk-in and level with the floor, but either the guys had taken the glass walls out at some point, or it just hadn’t been finished when the apocalypse had hit.The result was a shower area with jets and a rain showerhead on the wall to the left.
I saw buckets and sponges as well as towels folded and piled on a low wooden shelf by the door.I turned as I took in the room, and I was soon treated to yet another sight: Inkiri stripping as if it were the most normal thing in the entire world.
