Ruby stared at herself in the mirror. Her hair shone in the yellow light as the maid brushed it. Her fingers clutched a gold box before she kept it aside and stood up. The maid bowed her head leaving her be as she walked towards the bath, dipping her finger in and feeling the warm water.
"For your sore neck," Lydia stated keeping the oil beside the bath as leaving. Ruby wanted to be alone, the quietness surrounding her as they left. Pulling her laces and dropping her petticoat she entered the bath, her eyes closing as the warm water enveloped her skin.
A deep breath and she felt a presence behind her. She knew it could be no one but him. Pulling her hair to her front, exposing her neck. She took some oil over the palm of her hand and rubbed it between her fingers before massaging it ove
