POV (ALEC)
The sun was just starting to come up and streak the room in gold when I woke. My body felt like it had been beaten in too many places, damn those vampires. They really had tried to kill me. It took me a minute to understand where I was. The ivy bag hanging on my left was a pretty good indicator that I was not back in the barracks. I let out a yawn, as I tried to lift my arms, but found one would not move, for something was weighing it down.
"Damn it all, what the hell is..."
The moment I realized what it was, my heart stopped. Her golden white hair was falling on my chest and covering just a small portion of her face. While her head was nestled in the crook of my right arm, which she had somehow pulled across her body and was holding onto, like a child does a teddy be
