La Otra Mirada Novels & Stories

Scene 2: The Fire Mirror Hours later, they reached a vast cavern cut deep into the mountain’s side. The air shimmered with heat. In the center, a lake of magma bubbled angrily, and above it hovered a strange relic—a polished obsidian mirror framed in gold. Iris approached it cautiously, drawn by the power radiating from it. Her reflection shimmered in the surface, then twisted. She gasped. She saw herself—not as she was, but as she had once been. Nadia. Whole. Untouched by betrayal.

In the quietude of his room, with the soft hum of the night outside, Asher lay there, his tired body seeking reprieve, while his restless mind continued to navigate the labyrinth of emotions that Ezra's presence had stirred within him. On the other side of the night, in the quiet solitude of her room, Ezra sat in front of her mirror, eyes fixed on her reflection. Droplets of water trickled down from her long hair, evidence of the refreshing shower she had just taken. As she stared into her own eyes, a flood of memories from the reunion surged through her.

It's inexplicable how much my mood improves with his presence, and each time he leaves I can't help but feel hollow. “I saw something," I murmur, shaking my head as if to chase away the last of the vision that is now imprinted into my mind. It's clear now that what I saw wasn't a reflection of myself. The other version of me that I touched had sallow skin and cold eyes, and wore a haunting white dress that I never want to see again. “What? “I was looking in a mirror at myself, or some other physical version of me. And when I touched my reflection, I was in severe pain," I explain to him, wiping at the tears that must have flowed during the vision.

She suddenly gasped and moved back a bit. No! This is not hallucination. This is real. Amber thought and just then, she saw another version of herself in the mirror. She was dressed in a warrior’s cloth and had a sword in her hand with a look of revenge in her eyes. She saw her reflection raise the sword and pointed it towards her. Her eyes held shock in it when she saw the mirror waver like the surface of water and she saw the sword come out of the mirror and in the next seconds, it pierced her heart.

On the day Dad made me draw lots to choose a wife, I was about to draw a number when comments started flashing past. [Don't do it! The whole thing is rigged. You’ll only end up married to a hideous woman and be stuck in a cold, heartless marriage alliance with the Wests!] [You’ll end up the target of enemies of the West family even before you marry their daughter. You’ll fall into their devious trap and get burned to ashes in a fire!] [Your childhood sweetheart Mindy Sullivan has a bark that’s worse than her bite. Her disdain and disregard is just a farce. She really loves you. Marrying her is the right move!] My hand froze in midair. I told my dad that I wanted to marry Mindy. On my

My mother opened the door and froze when she saw a group of uniformed police officers standing outside. Behind them stood Janice, tense but steady. No one knew what she had gone through over the past two weeks, but she looked like a different person. Her face, once soft and bright, had gone pale as paper, with dark circles heavy under her eyes. I looked at her and felt my hand tighten without thinking. Somewhere along the way, after all those late nights studying side by side, I had fallen for her.

Now Playing: [Can't take my eyes off of you by Frankie Valli] | You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like Heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you | | Pardon the way that I stare There's nothin' else to compare The sight of you leaves me weak There are no words left to speak But if you feel like I feel Please let me know that it's real You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you | ~*~ HIRO'S POV Oh, I see her! A wide smile escapes my lips when I saw Joy with her friends walking going to the entrance of the venue. She's gorg

"Emm... I'm Mirabel I said stammering. "Mira, nice name...are u a fresher? He asked looking me over from head to toe. "Of course, I'm even going to the auditorium for my last clearance. "Ohh, thought as much with the files on your hands, I'm walking towards that side. "Alright" I said clutching the files was holding on my chest as I caught him staring at my breasts. "Hope you don't mind me showing you around later, anytime you are chanced?

There was no denying that despite the fact that she was just wearing pajamas, her long and creamy things looked inviting from those barely ass-covering shorts. Her white top, stretched across her tiny breasts, making him want to do nothing more than throw her on the bed and fuck her senses out but he didn’t act on his feelings and studied her. He knew that Annalise wouldn't even look at his face let alone open the door for him. What was going on? She noticed his scrutinizing gaze passed a hesitant smile. Andreas walked to her and kicked the door close whilst prompting Anna to move her wheelchair backward. She looked at him with those big sparkly eyes and licked her lips.

Maria asked. "We make her life a living hell," Evelyn replied. "The 'Mirror Marriage' isn't working anymore because Pauline has broken the reflection. She thinks she’s special. We need to show her she’s not. We’ll find a way to make Ricardo see her as a traitor. If she won't leave quietly, we’ll make sure she leaves in disgrace. Without the baby." I waited until their footsteps faded away before I stepped out from behind the curtain. My heart was pounding, but my mind was strangely clear. I knew the truth now. The "Eye for an Eye" marriage was just a cover for a much bigger, older war.