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*3 days ago*
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"Here's your coffee, miss."
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"Oh. Right, sorry." The waiter smiled.
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Warm scent tingled my senses.
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Attraction.
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I took a sip from my cup. Great, even the coffee is cold.
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Usually, I'm able to control my ability from surfacing, but with the blood moon drawing near, my senses are somewhat heightened.
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I shook my head for the nth time today. It helps refresh my mind a bit, somehow, to compose myself from sucking the essence out of everyone I stumble upon. It's barely 10 am, and I'm on my fourth coffee but my headache keeps getting worse.
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I could just stay home but then Andres would be there, and I have no time to deal with his emotions, which ironically, I'm dealing with a lot of those right now.
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Unable to breathe, I grabbed my bag, put some paper bills on the table and went my way.
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The streets are so quiet. One would think mortals aren't overwhelming.
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I take a look at my back, making sure I wasn't followed.
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I'm on the run.
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For the past two centuries, my kind has been hunted down to extinction. I'm not even sure if I should be pleased that I wasn't one of the fallen.
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The fallen. The descent. Night creatures, as we now call them.
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However, I'm somewhat in between. An abomination, if you ask them. Cursed, and according to the High Souls, I must be annihilated.
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Ten minutes of walking and I'm sure no one has followed me. I slid into an alley and took the mirror from my pouch.
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Occulu de Desiro. Mirror of desires. It’s a portal that leads you to your greatest wish. But to open it, you have to offer your deepest, darkest secret.
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It’s a small circle mirror with intricate details of vines around the edges. There's a glamour on its surface to keep it hidden from mortal eyes.
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Before I proceed, I whispered a protective spell to hide me from mortal eyes. Just in case things don't go as planned.
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I held out the mirror, and with a shaky breath, I whispered my secret. "I am Sienna Nightfire, the last living descendant of the Esencea Bloodline." The mirror took my offer with a glowing light bursting from it.
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The brightness caused me to close my eyes abruptly as dark mist surrounded the alley.
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Cold air filled my lungs, and the brightness vanished. I opened my eyes only to find myself floating in the abyss.
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I'm inside the mirror, I thought.
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I looked around, and a dim light came from my left. Instantly, I found myself swimming towards it. The light became brighter as I got near, and then suddenly, it stopped.
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My eyes squinted as I adjusted from the sudden change. I feel the earth on my feet. Birds chirping. Waves crashing the sea.
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When I can finally see clearly where I am, I couldn't believe it. The mirror brought me to the place my heart long the most. My island.
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Hidden from the sight of any creature who dare to find it. A house stood at the center of the mass. Old, and abandoned for 18 years. My parents' house.
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I remember my mother's hanging garden in our backyard. Father's hand-crafted vintas. My heart swelled at the memory.
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I took two steps, and the world shook beneath my feet.
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"No no no! Not yet!" But the mirror does not listen to its intruder.
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My mind is swirling. The ground gave away, and I'm falling, my arms flailing as I fell.
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This time, I couldn't fight back the sob. Two years of planning in stealing the most sacred item of the Faes, and I only get to have a minute to savor its worth.
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A few seconds later I heard a thud. I'm back in the alley, the mist backing away inside the mirror, and I watch it break into pieces.
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This is it, then. It'll only take about an hour for the magic to reach the Spiritus, and I'll be hunted to death; not that I'm not already. My life has always been a step away from death.
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