Earth: Over Two and a half years before.
Dagger reached down and gently lifted the shivering body of the human female in his arms. “You are called Jordan?” he remembered asking in a husky voice.
He would never forget her beautiful eyes as she turned to look up at him. They were filled with tears of pain, even though he was doing everything he could to be gentle. Her body had been hot to the touch despite the frigid air. He had drawn her as close to his body as he could without hurting her more.
“Why are you doing this?” Jordan had whispered.
“I will answer you if you confirm your name,” he had retorted in a teasing voice when her lower lip poked out in a stubborn pout even as another shiver wracked her body. “Please,” he remembered adding after she was silent for several seconds.
Her
