A doctor came to check her out, explaining that Asran was still unconscious. She couldn't help but feel at fault but the doctor said it was his exhaustion that had caused his collapse.

"That's not as much a relief as I thought it would be." She said, "I know it's not likely, but has anyone notified the priests staying with me? I don't need them out looking for me and getting a story they don't need to hear."

She shivered at the thought that they might find out what had just happened and that it was a demon Asran knew that had attacked her. Or that Asran was a demon himself. Just the fact that she had been attacked by someone Asran knew while walking home in his city could be cause for the church to take offense.