Moniques Secret Spa Part 1 -

She instructs me to breathe only through my mouth. "Your nose remembers everything," she says. "We are tricking the brain. Mouth breathing is for survival. Nose breathing is for memory. Today, we only survive."

"You still have your jaw clenched," she said. It was the first human voice I’d heard in the spa. It vibrated in my sternum. moniques secret spa part 1

The hallway was draped in raw linen, floor to ceiling. The lighting was non-existent save for a trail of beeswax candles set in iron sconces. I followed the trail, barefoot (my shoes had been left in a cubby marked with a single rune). She instructs me to breathe only through my mouth

"Come back in one week," she said. "Part 2 begins where your fear ends." moniques secret spa part 1