When she began to make her way down the incline, Heart wanted to scream. Injuries like hers were always worse the day after, when the tissue was still trying to mend before the full healing could begin. Still, she held her head high and did her best not to look ready to pass out. Her Orc stood only a few feet behind her, ready and waiting should anything happen, and she felt tempted to stumble just to feel him hold her again, but instead she made it to the curtain blocking off her side of the bath and went inside, sitting on the stool to undress.
“Heart, do you need any help in there?” Sirress asked, already knowing full well what her answer was.
If there was one thing that the Elf had learned, it was that Heart never, ever allowed anyone to see her naked. In her underwear fine, but nev
