"Ffff -"

She wants to reply, to assert that she was claiming him, but we're saving our voice, aren't we? She trusts Erik to lick the wound before she gets anything more than pleasantly dizzy, but the feeling of the blood leaking out still adds a delicious edge of threat to his assertiveness that has River's skin crackling with thrill. Still, she has to say something, anything...

River settles on a needy whine.