The Wistful Mirror
The vial is cold in your palm, a sliver of glass no thicker than a fingernail, holding a liquid that looks like bruised plum wine. It smells of iron and old paper, a scent that sticks to the back of your throat and refuses to wash away. You are twelve years old, and your hands are shaking so badly that the glass trembles against the wood of the table, a rhythmic clicking that sounds like a...
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