He checked that the knot was secure, and then brought the excess to lay below her feet. Glancing at the knot, she noticed he had made it a slipknot – a hard yank on the ends and the rope holding her off the ground would release her to the security of the firm floor. "Tingling is to be expected, but numbness is not," he spoke softly as his fingers traced the ropework on her body. She shivered as she registered that with the lift from the ground, her breasts were now level with his face. Gods she wished he would touch them... He peered up at her, tilting his head to observe her hands and then her face. "You will tell me immediately if you lose sensation in your hands, understood?" 