Six: Our first stop was NCIS. Aurelia, Anne, and Morgana opted to check out a few shops. Anne was busy catching up on the myriad of messages stored on her phone. Aurelia was stuck on Apex duty calls, and Morgana was as free as a bird—pun intended. As I stepped into the elevator on the relatively non-descript elevator entrance, another figure stepped in behind me. At first, she didn’t seem too unsettling, but her features nearly perfectly resembled mine. Her aura even had a hint of blood magiks to it. The red hair was magiks dyed, so I couldn’t smell any odd scent. Her eyes were the one imperfection. They were emerald-green. Which would have been spot-on if I still had my same eye color. I’d somehow fused a balance of human-like white and the irises were completely bright red. In my form

