Mae led her in the bathroom not far from the kitchen. The bathroom is simple with the walls and floor in white color matching the sink, toilet and the bathtub.
"I apologize, this house is only small." Mae said with embarrassment on her face. Kanisha held her hand and smiled at her.
"No, this is perfect."
"Thank you Sha, take your time taking a bath, the towel is on the right side. I'll prepare your clothes upstairs." Mae said as she left leaving Kanisha alone.
Kanisha stand there in silence. She can't believe that she's no longer in Datu's grasp. She's finally free of her suffering, a smile form in her lips but it disappeared when she saw a reflection on the mirror.
"Who are you?" Kanisha asked as she touched the mirror, wiping away the steam.
A woman in front of her with skin as white as snow, lips so dry as a desert crack, cheekbones popping out and lifeless jade eyes with dark eyebags staring back at her.
Her black hair are tangled and messy like a bird's nest.
Kanisha touched her face and a single tear escaped her jade eyes. It's the first time she saw her reflection for more than 2 years.
She removed her T-shirt down showing how her body turned out. A sob escaped her mouth as she try to control the sound so that Mae or Axel would not hear her.
Her body is so thin, ribs poking out of her skin as well as her collarbone, her belly looks like she has no organs as she's paper thin. She touched her moon birthmark between her chest.
The irony.
The Moon Goddess created the werewolves and that race makes her suffer but still her birthmark is a moon.
Kanisha hug herself, embracing the damage that she reserved from Datu.
Kanisha looked at her reflection again, she looks like a living skeleton, a woman who's at the death's door.
She won't survive for another year if Axel didn't rescue her.
Did Axel really rescue her?
That thought makes her trembled, she remember that Datu is with Axel that day when he arrived at the wooden house. She heard some of their conversation but it seems blurry.
Kanisha goes to the bathtub, warm water surrounding her body making her relaxed.
Hugging her legs, she rock herself back and forth. She's thinking that Axel or Mae might betrayed her or worst they might hurt her because she's a Lamia.
Kanisha is afraid to experience pain and torture again. If she needed to obey every command they give her she will. She will be submissive as long as she survived this world, to avoid the pain of her past to repeat again.
Datu successfully break her.
She scrub her body thoroughly, as if it could take away the marks of her suffering. She thinks her body is so dirty, remembering how Datu raped her.
The water turned red as she wash her hair which has dried blood on it.
After she finished cleaning herself, she drain the water and put on the towel.
She slowly opened the door and peek outside to see if there's a person inside the house.
Silence~~
Kanisha thinks that no one is around, she tiptoed walking towards the stairs into the room where she came from, leaving wet footprints on the way.
When she opened the door, she saw the clothes pile on the bed. She took it and get dressed which consist of black jogger pants and a large grey T-shirt that goes down to her mid thigh. She dried her wet hair using a towel when the door opened and a half naked Axel entered the door with only a towel wrap in his waist showing his thick muscles and defined abs.
She looked away and cover her face with a towel while drying her hair, acting as she didn't mind his presence but deep inside her heart beats really fast.
His scent entered her nose making her head light and felt something tingly down there.
"Grrr!" A growl comes out of Axel's mouth as he smelled Kanisha's arousal.
Kanisha yelp when he heard Axel growlled. She looked at him with horror and crawl away from him.
Axel is stunned at Kanisha's actions towards him. He cleared his throat to get her attention.
"Look, I'm sorry for that. I didn't mean to scare you." Axel said in softer tone.
Kanisha looked up to him, surprised as he apologize to her over this small matter.
She stand up and put her head down.
"It's o-okay." Kanisha stuttered. Everytime Axel's presence is near her, she can't get enough of his Pine tree scent. She's getting addicted to it and she doesn't know why.
"Umm I'm gonna go outside and wait for Mae." Kanisa said as she dashed towards the door with her head down which caused pain on her lower body but she ignored it.
"Wait!" Axel said as he grab her shoulders. Both of them felt the spark where their skin touched. Axel quickly take off his hand as Kanisha jump away.
"Umm Mom is busy, I'll tour you around." Axel said as he scratched his head.
"O-okay, I'll wa-wait outside." Kanisha quickly said and run outside. Her heart felt like exploding, her cheeks felt hot.
"What's happening to me?"