Present Day
Dakota’s POV
As I felt the breath leaving my body, a cold wet nose pressed into my side and a long lick over the worst wound made me shiver, but I was able to take a breath. I turned my head to the side and slowly opened my eyes. My vision was unclear and I saw the shape of a wolf licking each wound before moving out of my line of sight. I groaned and rolled my head back to look up at the sky. Somehow I was still breathing. Day was breaking and the moonlight was fading.
“Be free Tyson, be free of me,” I said once more and sighed. Suddenly, the sharp pain hit me once more and this time I let it consume me. I screamed unashamed as my body felt like it was breaking over and over again. My brain stopped functioning and I gasped for air. I knew this feeling. It had been years sin
