Mate

Ivy closed her eyes. That thing that was clamoring inside her to come out, to express itself, was on the surface. It was crawling beneath her skin. Her skin tingled as she focused on her inner self. And then it happened suddenly. The bones in her body popped, they started to rearrange. Ivy screamed as pain lanced through her body.

She heard someone saying in the distance, “Let go. Let go.”

She rec