Chapter 7 - The Altar Reckoning“You are not Lily,” Williams said, his voice cold as ice as he stared at Brenda’s flickering wrist. “You don't have her scar. You don't have her eyes. You’re Brenda!”
Inside the mirror, Lily called out, “Williams! The frame! Strike the bronze frame! It’s the blood lock!”
Brenda let out a feral, desperate shriek, pulling a silver letter opener from the vanity table and lunging toward Williams to stop him.
“If I can’t have you, no one will!” Brenda screamed.
Before she could strike, Williams dodged her attack, grabbed a heavy brass candelabra from the wall, and swung it with all his strength straight into the bronze frame of the ancient mirror!
CLANG!
The bronze frame shattered into a dozen pieces.
A blinding flash of golden light exploded from the center of the mirror, accompanied by the deafening sound of shattering glass.
The dark shadow inside the mirror let out an ancient roar, wrapping its misty black arms around Brenda, dragging her forward into the portal!
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“NO! RELEASE ME!” Brenda shrieked as her stolen face melted away, revealing her true features as the mirror’s curse reversed its direction!
The force of the magic swapped their places in an instant—pulling Brenda into the glass while hurling the real Lily out onto the carpet!
