Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Five****“Aria, the driver is waiting!”My father’s voice echoed up the stairs again,impatient, nervous, maybe even a little afraid.I gripped the doorknob, my knuckles were white, my box was heavy in my other arm. My breath was shallow. I was about to step into a world where my own reflection might already be living my life.Then I heard a movement at the window side.I turned slowly and she was.My duplicate.Standing barefoot, wearing the same black tunic I’d packed, her hair loose, her expression was calm. She leaned against the windowsill like she’d been waiting for hours.“Aria,” she said, smiling that quiet, knowing smile. “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”I dropped my box.Rushed to the window, my heart was hammering, locked the door behind me without thinking twice.“You came back,” I whispered, voice cracking.She pushed off the sill and walked towards me, each step echoing like a heartbeat. “Did you really think I wouldn’t?”I swallowed
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