The Dual Scent of Wood Sage and Sea Salt

Kaelia scrubbed at her pale skin until it turned a raw, painful shade of pink. It took three agonizing baths to wash away the sticky remnants of the morning's massacre. The white dragon shifter had not grasped the sheer volume of blood plastered across her body until she slipped into that first tub. The steaming water had instantly morphed into a thick, dark crimson. An Imperial maid had taken one