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