The Blood Confession by Alisa Libby

Author:Alisa Libby
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dutton Books; ebook by Red Hound Press
Published: 2013-07-07T00:00:00+00:00

XXVII

Day twelve, night

The ghosts in this chamber play tricks on me. First emerging from the dimness of the mirror, one by one they climb out of the glass and crawl along the walls. Anastasia is the most mischievous; she smiles at me, white teeth gleaming in the dark like fangs. She steals my gloves when I'm not looking: my ruby ring, my string of pearls. I seem to be always in search of some lost treasure, and that is when I hear her voice, from inside the mirror again. Her laughter shivers like icy water down my spine.

It's certainly too cold here to undress. I pull a velvet robe over my shoulders for warmth, slip my hands into the once-missing gloves. Other eyes glimmer in the darkness.

"Sinestra?" I ask, my voice desperate. The glimmering vanishes and I'm surrounded only by flickering candles. Where is he when I need him most? The mirror turns from dark to golden and I can't resist the face reflected there.

Marianna's face is cast in vivid, warm colors over my vague outline. The sight of her face makes my heart feel like cracking open; I have to hold my hands to my chest and remind myself to breathe. Her cheeks flush red at the sight of me, her brows furrow over wide, glittering eyes.

How could you do such a thing? Marianna asks me again.

She looks too angry to cry.

I told you, Mari, that I must start at the beginning to confess.

This is where it all began. I assure you it was not as hideous as you might think.

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