C18 Mate bond sparks.

Mate bond sparks.

Lyra's eyes snapped open in the predawn blackness of her bedroom, and her heart thumped from a nightmare she was unable to recollect. Sweat beaded on her forehead even if the morning wind passing through her window was freezing. Overnight, something profound had changed, something that made her blood resonate with unusual force, and her skin felt too stretched