Luci was forced against the cold tile of an otherwise vacant shower with August pressed against her. His hands on either side of her and resting on the wall beside her, she carefully carried her head upward to meet his gaze before noticing how his eyes were already observing her. Nervous in his presence as she questioned his honesty due to Ryder's final words, Luci watched as August brought a single finger to the center of his full lips before showing the international sign for being silent. Although she wished to ask a million questions to him, she realized that her stubbornness could wait along with her answers as it was not worth either of their lives for her to make a point.
But as they stood enclosed in this way, the abreast shower curtains were forced open by the rough pulling of
