Bound by Voices
Arc II – The Curse Rewrites Itself
Chapter 2: The Mirror That Listens
The morning after the incident, the manor refused to wake.
Normally, dawn poured through the windows like honey. Today, every mirror gleamed with a faint blue hue — the curse’s color — and every clock had stopped at the exact same time: 3:13 a.m.
Mira noticed first, because she was the only one awake enough to freak out properly.
She burst into Adrian’s room, barefoot and holding a clock like evidence. “Okay! Not to alarm you, husband-slash-heartbeat-roommate, but time is broken!”