Warm afterglow vanished with the hammering on the door.  "Shit!" Cairn yelped as she disentangled herself from Chloe.  No time to dress, no time to properly arm, she grabbed her longsword snagged her shield.... and that would have to do.<br/><br/>"Chloe, do NOT leave this room!"  She wasn't snarling, she was dropping into cold intensity not battle fury, as the humanity of the intimate time just passed drained out of her eyes.  She paused at the door, shot a quick look at the sorceress and repeated.  "Stay inside, cast past me through the doorway, but do not leave the room!"<br/><br/>Her face as expressionless as a wax death mask, she opened the door and took one step outside, slightly crouched, shield covering her body, sword pointed forward and held high.