Chapter 17
Inside the House of Mirrors
Penny and Zoe snuck out again just before midnight and made their way through another chilly October night to the hollow. The evidence of Zoe’s earlier practice lay scattered around them; shattered driftwood logs, splintered deadwood, and blasted pinecones.
After starting a fire, further warming the already unseasonably warm atmosphere of the hollow, they gathered the remains of the wood and stoked the fire with it.
Tonight it was Penny’s turn to practice while Zoe kept a lookout, watching her mirror for The Birdman.
Rather than forage for targets in the dark, Penny brought the stuffed bear she’d won from the snickering carnie at the Strike Booth and set the makeshift target against the dirt wall that bore the scars of Zoe’s earlier practice sess
