497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwF6eGOvdE
*3 days ago*
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpd7bquk0B
"Here's your coffee, miss."
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjHlGqOAAt
"Oh. Right, sorry." The waiter smiled.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4rJg9YyeH
Warm scent tingled my senses.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3rTxa1w49
Attraction.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIFezRHh3l
I took a sip from my cup. Great, even the coffee is cold.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6vh9O331y
Usually, I'm able to control my ability from surfacing, but with the blood moon drawing near, my senses are somewhat heightened.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaghnnIOIpB
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9slXBIfoOG
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9K6cPUG9H
Unable to breathe, I grabbed my bag, put some paper bills on the table and went my way.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXZECv4xWU
The streets are so quiet. One would think mortals aren't overwhelming.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbX8L60KA6
I take a look at my back, making sure I wasn't followed.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOXaOZIGzp
I'm on the run.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxwxMXR5ci
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYn8Fj5LAV
The fallen. The descent. Night creatures, as we now call them.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppRnZfmP9u
However, I'm somewhat in between. An abomination, if you ask them. Cursed, and according to the High Souls, I must be annihilated.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4BuDEsIvW
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkyj5YIopO
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeEgqctF26
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ4fMUTiKx
Before I proceed, I whispered a protective spell to hide me from mortal eyes. Just in case things don't go as planned.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkuqtkUxLc
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlgvxji1zx
The brightness caused me to close my eyes abruptly as dark mist surrounded the alley.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUc816fSLB
Cold air filled my lungs, and the brightness vanished. I opened my eyes only to find myself floating in the abyss.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiI3OmdqUi
I'm inside the mirror, I thought.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEz1kxgeueW
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb0CU4DoAu
My eyes squinted as I adjusted from the sudden change. I feel the earth on my feet. Birds chirping. Waves crashing the sea.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8QJfq0DO8
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cNQ61iAm1
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqt0tpJ9TC
I remember my mother's hanging garden in our backyard. Father's hand-crafted vintas. My heart swelled at the memory.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3dJKJ8RDY
I took two steps, and the world shook beneath my feet.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmLWUl3Jdo
"No no no! Not yet!" But the mirror does not listen to its intruder.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa8EQ9gKvh
My mind is swirling. The ground gave away, and I'm falling, my arms flailing as I fell.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc1PebGtxe
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvylcodjdF1
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.
497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWyJjTN198
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.
ns216.73.216.213da2
