Rein eased him down onto one of the sunken stone reclining benches, and Sin groaned as the hot water closed around him.
The numerous cuts and welts on his skin stung, but within moments, the edgy pain subsided and he felt the healing herbs in the water work.
He heard Rein strip out of his clothes and enter the pool. When he looked up at him, he saw, for the first time since he'd awakened, the wound on the upper left side of Rein's back. It looked clean, though still red and swollen.
"How is it feeling?" he asked, his stomach knotting at the sight and the knowledge his father had done it and could have killed Rein.
"It's a bit sore and achy, but it was a clean entry, not life threatening." He offered Sin a smile. "I've had worse."
"I just hate how it happened," Sin said, his voice
