Chapter 255: True Mate

GAHRYE

He'd returned to the suite and checked in both rooms, only to find Elia curled up asleep in the bed of the second one. For a moment he considered waking her so she could change. But she was so obviously exhausted—and tormented—he decided against it. 

He set his own bag in the other room, changed his clothes, and found the strange bathing room of this world. There was a curious moment when he stepped into the tall, stone-and-glass cube and turned one of the dials on the wall, only to be slapped in the face by a sudden waterfall…

He suspected he'd found Elia's "shower." 

His clothing was soaked immediately. With a sheepish grin, he just stripped them off in the shower, then used the soap that had been left there to wash himself.