Editing in progress
"From their shadows, I will emerge. They'll regret the day they crossed me. Their empire will crumble under my wrath. I am the reckoning they feared." ~Araneae Ruber
~
BRIGHTER'S ANSWER got stuck in her throat. There was no way she would tell him that Luella had blocked her from passing the mirror.
She anxiously rubbed her fingers together, trying to calm herself, but it did nothing as the grand duke's eyes were already changing, and she knew his anger was slowly rising with each second she delayed her answer.
"I am waiting."
Gulping, Brighter muttered a brief prayer and answered. "The lady had blocked me from the mirror. I believe she probably either placed a sheet over it, or turned the mirror to the wall or broke it."
