Bound by Voices
A voice answered, echoing through the vastness.
> “Neither. You’re between.”
She turned—and saw Seraphina.
Only now, Seraphina wasn’t a reflection. She stood there fully formed—same face, same long golden hair, same sad eyes—but she glowed faintly, as if the light itself obeyed her.
Mira’s breath caught. “You’re… real.”
Seraphina smiled faintly. “In this place, perhaps.”
Mira frowned. “So what is this? Purgatory for emotionally conflicted souls?”