Lyra's POV
I snapped my eyes closed like a door slammed shut, bracing for death.
I had expected it sooner, but it lingered, stalking me like a wild cat before closing the distance to take me beyond.
How does death feel like? Some say it's a quick sleep, painless. Others said death is faster than time, hits you within the twinkling of an eye, but I had waited for seconds now, no transition, just silence.
I had expected Nikki's claws to be on my throat by now, slicing it open like a blade on paper.
Perhaps the moon goddess had, in her benevolence, teleported me into another body again.
I opened my eyes, willing to see why the beast didn't make good on her death promise.
Just then, a pool of blood was splashed across my face, the smell of iron filled my senses, but the blood wasn't min
