THE MAGIC MIRROR LOVE

uldn't shak

he mist curled like whispered secrets between the trees, the startling cla

a memory waiting

nto lavender, and the first stars blinked faintly overhead. She lit a sma

t instantly. He wa

see the

e nodded quickly, pressing

were

it was a quiet,

ink that was

irror, usually just a surface between them

id somethi

up to the mirror. It was the forest. The same curve of trees. The

id aloud, knowing she couldn't he

stared,

h a stack of books, and flipped to a hastily dra

nearly i

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laugh like usual. They s

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irror. Sometimes they simply sat and watched each other in silence. Other tim

calling it

g to either of their worl

ust pulsing softly-it was spreading. The shimmer spilled beyond the glass now

ion... wasn't a

ht a glimpse of someone behind her-Ren, standing in the

ched th

as w

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, Ren fe

A soft vibration in the air, like the beg

y," she said one morning

u ever... seen something in

Slowly set

y, "I caught my reflection looking

hest ti

"And I felt peace. Like so

he stood before the mirror with new reverence. He pr

e," he w

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, the fore

it wasn't just

clearer

's breath curled in the cold air. Juliette could smell the pin

epped

did

didn't pass through e

Tang

rld st

ne were needed. The air was thic

est faded and they awoke in their sepa

silver-fine, running along the ba

ntly, even after

rors, a new phr

time is to def

ds, a single thought bloom

longer just

as a c