The firstborn cried.The sound was small, frightened, almost ordinary, and somehow that made everything around Evelyn feel even more terrifying.Two girls stood several feet away from her.They looked exactly alike.Same dark hair. Same delicate features. Same red ribbon tied around the left side of their hair.But their eyes were different.One had silver eyes that reflected the strange light of the Echo.The other had eyes as black as the darkness beneath the first door.Neither moved.Neither spoke.Then, together, they said the same word.“Choose.”Evelyn’s fingers tightened around the firstborn.“No.”The silver-eyed Elara tilted her head.The black-eyed Elara smiled.Alexander stepped closer to Evelyn, placing himself between her and the two girls.“You heard her,” he said. “She isn’t choosing.”The black-eyed Elara looked at him.“You always say that.”Alexander froze.The silver-eyed Elara looked at him next.“And you always choose her anyway.”Something changed in Alexander’s
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