Damien's POV
"Damien!" Stella called my name in a panic as she ran towards me.
This jerked me out of my subconscious. I squinted and started breathing through my mouth but my breath kept getting stuck.
"My throat hurts really bad."
"Here, I have your drug with me," she put the pill which immediately dissolved on my tongue and the pain started to ease. It felt powdery in an instance unlike my medication which usually took a while to melt.
My consciousness, however, wasn't getting any better.
"How do you feel? Can you hear me?" She shook me as she hugged me to her chest.
It felt wrong and inappropriate, but I couldn't get the words or strength to protest. I felt disoriented and unable to control myself.
A certain discomfort was starting to grow which made me very uncomfortable, a
