A kiss of deceit
he followed Sophia through the safe house. She had so ma
s for the door," she said. "You can come and go as you ple
ing a sense of unease. Who
arsely furnished, with a single bed and a small desk. But what cau
cial mirror," she said. "It's enchanted. It will
in surprise. "What do
esitant to reveal too much. "You'll see," she said.
approached the mirror. What would she see
on staring back at her. But as she gazed deeper, she be
saw a woman, standing in a grand ballroom, surrounded by people in formal att
e sense of what she was seeing. Who was the yo
see a pattern. The images were all connected, and t
. She wasn't who she thought she was. She was someone els
the arm. "I'm sorry, Alessia," she said. "I know this is a lot to t
een. She didn't know what to believe, or who to trust. All she knew wa
and compassion in her eyes. "What's going to happen to
too much. "I don't know," she said. "But I'll do everything in my p
what the future held, but she knew that she wasn't alone. Sophia was there
earned, Sophia handed her a small folder. "This contains some infor
What would she find inside? Would it be more secrets and
graph, showing a young girl with a bright smile and sparkling eyes. Alessia's
girl in the picture was wearing a uniform, and there was a
er with a serious expression. "What is this
a photograph of you when you were a child," she said. "You were living in a special f
t Sophia was telling her. Abilities? What kind of abil
nse of unease. What had happened to her in that place
ia heard a noise coming from outside the room. It was a faint
he motioned for Alessia to be quiet. "Stay he
ar rising up inside her. What was goi
She looked down at the photograph again, feeling a sense of unease. What se
ing in her ear. "Alessia, don't tru
ing to her. But there was no one ther
zed that she was not alone. Someone was watching
?to see who was speaking to her. But there was
zed that she was not alone. Someone was watching
And what did the