The bronze mask dissolves on my face and the bacteria, called goodbye, melts and leaves its essence all over my life. Everything is coming undone; all the jobs I held, loves I embraced, schools I attended, parties I enjoyed, lessons I learned, friends I laughed with, corners I cried in, lunches I hid to throw out as a child and countless moments I spent alone while Ebony entertained her admirers; everything is simply fading into oblivion, taking with it the wholeness that is me. And now I too am melting. As I melt with the past and present, I become part of emotion's mold. I feel everything imaginable and then some more. That's when I realize that I want it all back, the pleasure and pain that have become my sordid existence, the me I wanted gone so much that I drank the elixir of erasure. And I admit to myself for the first time, since I first constructed my corner of shame that I do want to live.
"All right! Enough of that foolishness! Get on with the show. And remember what I said."
I reach for the crystal mask now but a force slaps it out of my hand, so hard that it splits into two.
"Looks like death is more imminent than we thought," she says with an evil grin. "Wood it is."
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NINE TIME MACHINES: Do you want to undo your entire life on planet earth?
FantasyThere is a war coming! In it, Lilith and the impostor God must battle for all human minds on earth. But one girl can stand in the gap for all humanity. However, to prove worthy for this feat, Mary must begin shadow work to take the mark upon herself...
