Nathan It was early morning when I woke up in a cold sweat, and the news of a new camp forming triggered me. Phoenix sat up in our bed, her hand on my chest comforting me. The temperature in the room had risen several degrees. For a human, it would have been deadly but for us, that was nothing. My breathing was heavy and with Phoenix's help it was returning to normal. My Dragon’s spirit had returned to me and I was grateful that it had. I would not have been able to control it, the other entity, the part that should not be a product of Suxhen’s experiment. No one knew this better than Alexis. We were the two he could never break. I knew Phoenix felt something was wrong with me, but I didn’t know if I was ready to tell her about that. The room features a mix of natural light during the

