Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (31 page)

“
I
t
’s
b
ea
ut
i
ful
…
”
S
he turn
e
d
to
the
m
i
r
r
or
a
nd
touch
e
d
the wood
e
n
f
r
a
me
a
round
it
“
I
th
i
nk
I
h
a
ve
s
e
e
n
t
h
is
b
e
fo
re
.
S
ome
w
h
e
r
e
,
with
som
e
one spe
c
ia
l
.”
S
he s
a
id
s
ee
ing
the m
i
r
r
or
k
ee
n
l
y
.

“
B
e
fo
re
? 
W
e
l
l
,
this
is
older
than
we
a
r
e
.
”
He
s
a
id
in
a

mocking s
t
y
l
e
.

“
W
ho
did
th
i
s
?
”
she
a
s
k
e
d
poin
t
ing
tow
a
rds
t
h
e
b
r
ok
e
n

m
i
r
r
o
r
.

“
Ah…
I
did.”
H
e
said
e
s
ca
ping her
sigh
t
.

“
You 
did 
w
e
l
l
.” 
S
he 
turn
e
d 
to 
him 
a
nd 
p
ra
ised
m
y
ste
r
iou
s
l
y
.

“
W
h
a
t
?
I
s
y
our
log
i
ca
l
m
i
nd
taking
it
a
kind
o
f
a
bstr
ac
t
a
rt
?
” he
mock
e
d f
r
iend
l
y
.

“Ed,
c
ome h
e
r
e
.
”
S
he
tu
r
n
e
d to
t
he
m
i
r
r
or
a
g
a
in.

“Do
it
a
t
y
o
u
r
own
risk
l
a
d
y
.
”
He
c
hu
c
k
l
e
d
a
nd
w
e
nt
c
loser

to he
r
.

“
Hold me th
r
ough
m
y
w
a
is
t
.”
S
he
s
a
id h
i
t
t
ing
up
o
n
a
n ide
a
.

“
A
r
e
y
ou
ok
a
y
?
”
he
a
s
k
e
d
a
nd
touch
e
d
h
e
r
w
a
ist
wi
t
h h
e
si
t
a
t
i
on.

“This w
a
y
.”
S
he
p
r
e
ssed
his hands on h
e
r
w
a
is
t
.

Th
e
re
a
pp
e
a
r
e
d
somet
h
ing
blur
re
d
in
t
h
e
m
i
r
r
or
whi
c
h

Alicia
c
ould s
e
e
but Ed
w
in could not.

“
I
t
’s
wo
r
king”
she
whisp
e
r
e
d
pl
e
a
s
a
nt
l
y
a
nd
removed
the
c
lo
t
h f
r
o
m her
should
e
r
“
Kiss
me
.”

“
I
t
m
a
y h
a
ve
d
a
n
g
e
rous
c
onse
q
u
e
n
c
e
s.”
Ed
w
in
w
hispe
re
d
, finding h
a
rd to
c
ontrol
h
i
mself
a
nd kiss
e
d h
e
r g
e
t
t
ing
l
ost
i
n his first ch
a
n
c
e
o
f kissing h
e
r.

Alicia
s
a
w
K
e
vin
a
nd
K
e
l
l
y in
the
m
i
r
r
o
r
c
l
e
a
r
l
y
.
Th
e
y v
a
nished
a
nd she
s
a
w a
c
lock shap
e
d
door
w
hich h
a
d r
a
ndom
movem
e
nt
of
l
ight
e
m
i
t
t
ing
n
ee
dles
a
nd dig
i
t
s
, through the m
i
r
r
or in
smok
e
.
As the door op
e
n
e
d, she push
e
d
Ed
w
in
b
ac
k
a
nd
ju
m
p
e
d
in
the
smoke while
Ed
w
in f
e
ll
to
the
g
r
ound
a
s
he
w
a
s
not
r
e
a
d
y f
o
r
th
i
s
un
e
xp
ec
ted
ac
t.

I
t
w
a
s
a
g
r
e
a
t
shock
f
o
r
Ed
w
in;
he le
f
t
s
e
e
ing
the
r
e
the disapp
ea
r
a
n
c
e of
Alicia
with
d
r
opp
e
d
ja
w
s
a
nd
f
r
owning b
r
ows
for
a
f
e
w
mo
me
nts.
Th
e
n
he
got
s
e
nses
a
nd
c
ri
e
d “Alici
a
,
Alici
a
”
h
e stood
up
“
wh
e
r
e
a
re
y
ou?
Alici
a
!
!
”
he k
e
pt
on
k
no
c
king
the
m
i
r
r
or
a
nxious
l
y
a
nd
g
ot
his
h
a
nd in
j
u
re
d
b
a
d
l
y
a
s
he
k
e
pt
on
kno
c
king
a
nd
hi
t
t
i
ng
t
he
m
i
r
r
or l
i
ke
a
n insan
e
.

“
I th
i
nk
he
is
b
a
c
k
f
rom
Col
l
e
g
e
.”
A
f
t
e
r
a
f
e
w
m
i
nutes
Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
c
a
me
tell
i
ng
M
a
r
r
y
L
inda
a
bout
Ed
w
in.
The
door w
a
s op
e
n
a
nd
h
e
got
stunn
e
d
e
nte
r
ing
t
he
room.

“
Ed
w
in
?
” he s
a
w
Ed
w
in
standing
lost
in
the
m
i
r
r
or
with
his ble
e
ding
h
a
nd
“
Oh
J
e
su
s
!  Ed
w
i
n
,
wh
a
t’s
w
r
on
g
?
”  he rush
e
d
to
hold
his
h
a
nd
in
a
mo
m
e
nt
a
nd
made
him
sit
o
n the
b
e
d,
then
r
a
n
f
o
r
the
fi
r
st
a
id
box
in
Ed
w
in’s
c
upbo
a
rd.