Bound by Voices
Arc II – The Curse Rewrites Itself
Chapter 7: The Curse That Loved
The mirrors began breathing.
That was the first sign.
Every pane of glass in the manor fogged and cleared in rhythm — as if the house itself had lungs.
Every heartbeat echoed twice: once from Mira’s chest, and once from somewhere deep within the walls.
And sometimes, when Adrian spoke her name, it whispered back.
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At first, Mira tried to joke her way through it.
“Okay,” she said one morning as the mirror by the door sighed, “either I need more sleep, or our décor has developed abandonment issues.”