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I seriously hoped Seth found a shirt

Chapter 8

WHEN I heard the water coed the shirt on over my head There were no s in the bathroo the quality one-on-one time to convince herself none of this was real, at least she was still in there and not running screaone better than the last, which was a positive

Sighing, I zipped up the bag and then rabbed a beer and then walked over to the chair Popping off the cap, I didn’t even bother trying to su drink before I dropped down in the thick cushioned chair I’d parked ht Josie to the hotel I’d sat there for a few hours, watching her sleep like some kind of creep before I’d hopped in the shower to wash away the faint¸ lingering scent of the Underworld But I did have a valid reason for keeping an eye on her She had cracked her head pretty good It had to have been the blood she carried in her veins, even though her abilities were bound, that kept her fro the bottle to my lips, I wondered if there’d been situations in the past where she’d walked away from serious accidents or injuries virtually unscathed Had she ignored them, chalked them up to luck?

Did she also know she slept like the dead?

Froed the blankets up, she hadn’t moved from where I’d put her Not once Didn’t flip onto her side Roll onto her stomach Didn’t even twitch

The constant drum of water ceased in the bathrooh water in that tub for her to drown herself

I lowered the bottle to the araze on the bathroom door She wouldn’t…

I didn’t know her at all, so I had no idea what she was capable of The girl had been worried that she was sick like herup from the chair, I set the bottle on the wooden stand and went to the bathroout, the sensation traveling upward I reached down, turned the knob, and found it locked Not a probley of the fire element rolled downthe knob and one

Ha

Mentally preparing , I pushed open the door What I saas definitely not prepared for

Josie was in the bathtub, not drowning herself, which was a good thing Bad thing was being in the bathtubOkay Definitely not a bad thing