<div class="floatleft">(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/971/swordsmaninthecloudsbyq.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/207/swordsmaninthecloudsbyq.jpg/)</div>Daniel's coughing finally yielded results and he took ragged breaths. His face was still red but he sat down and let his head rest on the table edge "I'm sorry- I thought I heard you say he was her mate." He was quite certain but maybe he had been wrong. He rubbed his throat.