“The Last Reflection”
Mara hated her grandmother’s old mirror. Its frame was carved with faces that seemed to grin when the light flickered. Still, when Grandma passed, she hung it in her room — out of guilt more than love.
That night, she noticed her reflection blink after she did.
She froze. Her reflection smiled — wide and wrong. Then it mouthed words she couldn’t hear. Mara stepped closer, trembling, until her breath fogged the glass.
The reflection reached out from inside and wiped the fog away.
Her scream never left the room.
In the morning, her mother found only the mirror — clean, polished, and showing Mara smiling sweetly inside it… waiting for someone to look too long.
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