Selena! I run to the bathroom's mirror, only to see her walk in, frowning, and Nora closing the door behind them, still carrying Lily.
"I feel it, in my gut," she continues. "There's something wrong. What the hell happened with that mirror thing she did?"
"I don't know, it lasted merely a few seconds... Liam said he feels odd about her too. Moreover, I don't understand why she wants to speak to Damian and Nate. Wasn't she scared of them?"
"Yeah, I thought so too... It's weird how she insisted on seeing them. Tell Liam to be careful about Mara, I have a bad feeling. I already had that weird feeling about her before, but now it's like ten times worse."
"I understand."
The two of them nod, and Selena leaves the bathroom, letting Nora rinse the bloodied sink. Lily is being all chatty in her arms, and I feel so bad. She's in danger, they all are. Thank Moon Goddess they already realized something was off! Did Selena always feel that part of... evil inside me? Not from me, but from Nephera?
The voices... Moon Goddess, that explains all the voices. I take a deep breath. At least, I may have a little bit of time before she wreaks havoc. She doesn't have magic, I do. She only has my body, and I can do whatever I want with it. I won't hesitate to break an arm or leg if it keeps her away from Liam and my friends... but I don't know enough yet.
I turn to the young Mara, who is watching me with her big blue eyes.
"Mara, do you want to help me?" I ask.
"I don't know... Help you do what?"
"To learn about magic, Mara. All of your magic. You said you taught Clarissa. I mean, Clarissa said it, right? You studied magic together. You're so good at it. Please, can you teach me more?"
Her eyes light up, and she stands up on her feet.
"Sure! I'm very good at magic, all the old ones taught me everything?"
"The old ones?"
"Yes! Mommy's mommy, the mommy of her mommy, all of them! They are so nice to me! Can't you see them?"
She points at something behind her, but to me, there's nothing. I shake my head.
"No, Mara, sorry. I think I... uh, I might not be good enough to see them yet."
...Or just not dead enough.
She chuckles.
"It's okay! Clarissa showed me how to talk to them, I didn't know before too! Now, what do you want to study? We can do magic glyphs, or cast fire spells! Or we can make magic circles!"
"How about you teach me how she took my body? Can I go back the same way?"
Mara glances at the mirror above us, frowning.
"Not from this side. Here, it's different... than on the other side."
Crap, I figured there might be some technicalities...
"Mara, look, look!" she says, pulling my arm.
She smiles, and extends her hands in front of her. A flame appears, and little Mara makes it dance on her fingers. I try to smile, and do the same, to show her. My flame appears, but I quickly realize it's just not as stable. Hers is extremely calm and controlled, while mine is just like any other wildfire... She chuckles, and to my surprise, her fire leaves her hand to come toward me! I step back, surprised, but her fire moves smoothly like a cat and comes to my fire, absorbing it and getting bigger. She stole my flame! It runs back to her, and I have no control over it.
"You're really bad," she chuckles.
I grimace. And here I thought I had mastered the thing...
"Your fire is a bit mean," she says.
"Mean? How mean?"
