After returning home, Ravenna hurried to her room and tossed her backpack on the bed. Only then did she remember the magic mirror, carefully took it out and examined it closely. But this time nothing happened. It looked like a simple mirror with black onyx glass.
What could all this mean? Ravenna thought anxiously. Why did Neptune show me that key? Why is he always acting so strangely? Is he going to leave me?
Suddenly, four red glowing eyes appeared in the mirror. It fell out of her hands and the girl backed away from the bed in fright but raised her head when the door before her opened.
“Why didn’t you come for dinner?” Lynn asked in a concerned voice.
“I don’t want to,” she muttered, hastily hiding the mirror behind her back.
“Maybe you’re sick?”
“No, Mum, I’m just tired,” she explained as she climbed into her bed. “You don’t have to worry about me.”
“You were gone for so long. I thought something happened to you.”
“I’m just a little upset about my friend,” she admitted shyly.
Lynn silently approached the bed. Ravenna gripped the mirror tightly in her hands, begging for nothing to happen while she was still there.
“And what happened to him?”
“He’s the greatest friend I ever had, but I suspect he has some problems I don’t know about. I wish I could help him somehow, but I don’t know how.”
Lynn smiled and sat on the edge of the bed. “Don’t dwell on it, sweetheart, maybe he doesn’t say anything just because he doesn’t want to worry you.”
“Do you really think so?”
“Sure, that’s what friends are like,” the woman patted her head gently. “Get some sleep now, you have school tomorrow.”
“Okay, I’ll try.”
“Maybe I should open a window to let in some fresh air?”
“No need, Mum, I don’t want mosquitoes to get in.”
“All right, I’ll be going then. Good night.”
Lynn kissed her on the forehead, went down the stairs and opened the front door. The backyard was swallowed by darkness, the lone trees swaying with every gust of wind. The black crows perched on their thick branches, but flew away, frightened by the woman’s shadow.
At that moment, a car appeared behind the fence, from which a man got out. When Lynn spotted him looming in the darkness, she hurried down the path and stopped at the gate.
“Where is Roger?” he asked as he approached, looking around carefully.
“Not at home. Probably on his duty again,” she whispered, as if she didn’t want anyone to hear her. “Although, he barely tells me what he’s doing lately.”
“Then we’ll go, okay?”
The woman just nodded, brushing her hair away from her face, but the faint breeze kept blowing the strands into her hickory brown eyes. They got into the car and soon disappeared behind the dark trees.
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Demon Daughter (Book I)
Fantasy❗Editting ❗ On the night of the Blood Moon, a girl was born, destined for a dark future. She is the daughter of a demon, created from a false love, but she knows nothing about her origins because during the war she was sent to live on Earth with Lyn...
