* Alpha Daemon * I remembered it was difficult to breath. However when she helped me, it changed. The first thing that returned to me was air, sharp, cold, tearing into my lungs like I had been drowning and only just broken the surface. Then I felt her soft body against me. I inhaled her sweet scent. Her warmth in my skin. Her blood, alive and pulsing. My grip on her tightened before I even realized it, my fingers pressing into her as if letting go would drag me back into that darkness clawing at my veins. The poison was still there, I could feel it, coiled deep inside me, quieter now, but not gone. Not even close. My breathing was uneven, chest rising and falling as I forced control back into my body. My wolf stirred beneath my skin, restless... awareof the situation. Too aware of he

