She stirred at the sound of his voice, a muted groan of pain escaping her lips as she grimaced and her eyes fluttered open. Without the ice to numb sensation in her hip, she felt heated and hurting for it, with the brand at her lower hip more painful than anything she had felt recently. It was almost searing, unbearably hot, and anytime she so much as twitched, she could feel it in her lower back.<br/><br/>Lhurriel whimpered and opened her eyes fully when he kissed her on the cheek a second time. "If you send word to Raymond..." She said reluctantly. She didn't want the other man to think that she was shirking her duties - far from it - but it would be wiser not to let him see how pained she was. They were no longer lovers, but Raymond did not take kindly to others hurting her. The last time someone in the Fountain District had laid hands on her, Raymond had returned and given the other man a solid beating.<br/><br/>"I don't suppose you could carry me back to your room?" She breathed, shutting her eyes when an inadvertent shifting of her shoulders twisted the skin at her lower back and sent a fresh burst of heat spearing through her body. "I don't think I've the strength to walk back."