~REIGN~ With the wash towel and soap ready, I drag on my shorts before getting into the bathtub with my mate, after carefully discarding the torn and dirtied garment she was wearing. As I soaped the wash towel and knelt behind her in the bathtub, I tried my hardest not to let my eyes linger on her body for too long. Taking off her garment was more difficult than I had thought, mostly because I knew it wasn't right for me to see her this way. Not that I have no desire to see my mate in all of her naked glory, but I would’ve preferred it if that had happened mutually. But then again, there was never a moment where I thought I would find my mate or even desire her. It was never in my plans to harbour desires for anyone, and before today, I had been so sure that I didn’t need a mate. I had