Lila's POV
Not long after my episode, I began to feel a bit better; the elixir Judith gave to me was now working.
I told her I wanted to sleep, even though she was reluctant to leave, she later left after much persuasion from me because I needed some time alone.
I kept turning in bed even though the storm inside of me had been getting calm.
I couldn’t shake the feeling of emptiness and shame. How I would be neglected and become an outcast if I eventually became what I saw myself become through the mirror.
Finally, sleep came, and it wasn’t as bad as I had expected it to be; instead, it was full of calm with a strange dream. I had a dream where a woman appeared to me.
I found myself in an old house; the paint on the walls was peeling, and the roof was falling apart.
I looked a
