Wysteria POV
"Alice,"
I called out to the shadow indweller, not knowing when or how it came to be. The name Alice was stuck in her from the moment she dwelled in my shadow.
Soft purring crept from behind my neck, crawling out to my right shoulder where a dark silhouette leaned its face on my cheek. Gently rubbing itself while purring its heart out.
"Are you hurt?" I patted my laps and Alice leapt down, laying on them.
A hard breath escaped my lips with faint cold smokes of air while I rummaged through Alice's body, lifting her paws and checking her body through and through.
Alice shake me off, licking my fingers.
"Thank God, you are not hurt."
I pulled Alice into an embrace, inhaling her scent that reminded me of the barren land over the wall where the longings were building. Alice
