His Rejected Mate's Secret
A reflection that should have been impossible.
My reflection stepped forward, movements deliberate, confident, almost predatory. The air around it seemed heavier, as though the shadows themselves had mass. Its eyes glowed crimson, a piercing contrast to the dim chamber light. It wasn’t just me; it was everything I feared I could become, magnified tenfold.
“You lost your throne once,” the reflection said, voice a low, rumbling growl that shook the ground beneath us. “You’ll lose it again.”
The words hit me like a physical blow. I stumbled back instinctively, my instincts screaming at me to attack, to defend, to assert dominance. But the reflection didn’t move like an opponent in a fight, it