After leaving my parting gift, I managed some sleep. I watched from the shadows to make sure she received it before returning to my room and falling into a dreamless sleep. The normal fall of footsteps awoke me. I rubbed my eyes and made my way to the bathroom, taking a quick, thorough shower. I was getting better at this; no traces of blood were left today, and barely any when I got to my room last night. I fidgeted in the seat before the mirror, waiting for an appropriate time to leave the room even though I had been fully dressed for what seemed like hours but was actually only a few minutes. Alice usually only attended to me or checked on me, spied on me, whatever she did, at night. After the Omegas shuffling settled down and finally dissipated, I could leave. I looked in the mirro