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Like it’s theLike this place is full of the off my sense of disquiet and remind myself this place can’t be worse than Mount Haven The carriers here want to be here They’re helping one another And others on the outside, too

I nod andhis stare Creeper

We enter the wo Concrete on every side There are hooks and cubbies

Rhiannon puts the fresh clothes she carries for me inside a cubby and picks up a towel from a folded stack "Here"

I take the towel The fabric is rough and scratchy, but clean at least I follow her to where the floor slopes into showers that are sectioned off with curtains I’ else feels so utilitarianlike such a thing would be beyond concern

She helps ers she peels back the gauze "Try not to get it too wet I know you want to wash your hair, but do the best you can to keep this dry There should be soe in there"

"Thanks" Letting the gown pool to my feet, I step behind the nearest curtain Even lukewarently beat down onthat the water darkens for aRhiannon’s advice to keep my shoulder as dry as possible, I finish the rest of my shower quickly and shut the water off The towel appears through the curtain as if byon the other side the entire tiuard I shove off the uneasy sensation

"Thanks" I accept it and pat myself dry Satisfied, I pull back the curtain with a noisy screech of the iron rings--and freeze A girl stands there, but it’s not Rhiannon It’s Tabatha With her hands propped on her hips, her toned araze skips over her and skims the room

"Where’s Rhiannon?"

"Doc needed her I volunteered to stay"

Because I can’t be left unsupervised?

Wrapped in the towel, I step fro in the presence of a girl who looks like she works out every spare moment

"I wanted to meet you anyway" She studies aze onon the band and the encircled H This sleek--yes, sexy--dangerous-looking girl evaluates me I’m almost surprised she doesn’t bear an imprint, too There’s an aura of power about her She definitely see violence They would have loved her at Mount Haven

Even though a voice tells , "Why would you want to irl who Caden found Who survived the wilderness alonecoht, but there’s so to them A lack of respect that crystallizes the point that she really isn’t impressed with me