Diva's new chamber was silent except for the sound of Diva’s shallow breaths. Shadows danced across the walls from the flickering candlelight, and every breath she took echoed too loudly, like the house itself was listening.
Her hand trembled as she brushed her fingers across her face, trying to calm the storm inside her. “Get a grip,” she whispered to herself, but her voice cracked like broken glass. She didn’t even recognize the sound of it.
Her reflection in the mirror stared back at her...eyes hollow, hair damp from sweat, skin pale as moonlight. But when she blinked, it wasn’t her reflection anymore.
The woman staring back was someone else.
Dark, serpentine eyes. A smirk too sharp to be human. Hair like black smoke swirling behind her. A faint laugh echoed inside Diva’s mind befo
