Chapter 7

Layla’s POV

She helps me get into the bathtub once we were inside the large bathroom. The water was soothing, it felt like I was drowning in a sea of comfort.

I remained inside the bathtub, naked, my body numb and my eyes fixed straight up as she scrubbed my body. For the first time in my entire life, I actually appreciated this hot water. It was a form of comfort for me and I didn’t want it to end.

After scrubbing every inch of my body and watering me clean, she walks back out and comes back in with another cup and a pill.

“You have to take this to get rid of the anesthetic,” she said, putting the pills in my tongue and putting the glass of water against my lips and sliding her other hand behind my head and tilting it a bit so I could swallow it. And I did, gulping in down with urgency. Yes, I needed my strength if I was going to fight him and escape this madness.

Soon after, she helps me out of the water and handed me a towel which I covered my