One Face Two Shadows
POV: Diana
I woke choking on my own breath.
The bedsheets tangled around my legs like vines, sweat slick on my skin, and my heart slammed against my ribs as if trying to escape.
I didn’t scream.
I didn’t need to.
Because the image burned behind my eyes unshakable sharp.
Two Caels.
Identical but not.
One with his usual smile, warmth in his cheeks, and eyes like the morning sky.
The other… quieter. Still. His eyes darker deeper like they held echoes of a place I hadn’t yet seen.
But it wasn’t just a dream.
I knew the difference now.
The mirror had shown me something. Something real.
I slid out of bed quietly and padded into the hallway unable to stop glancing at the mirror every time I passed it. It reflected me now just me. But the knowledge of what I’d se
