The Eyes in the Mirror

Isabelle had always been fascinated by antiques. So when she found an elegant, Victorian mirror at an old estate sale, she knew she had to have it. The mirror was massive, with an ornate frame carved into swirling vines and faint, faded roses. Its glass, though slightly tarnished, held a haunting beauty that drew her in. The seller hesitated when she asked about its price.

"Are you sure you want this one?" he asked, voice low. "This mirror... it’s seen things. Strange things."

But Isabelle only laughed, brushing off his warning. "I'll take my chances."

That night, Isabelle mounted the mirror on her bedroom wall. She admired it as it cast soft reflections, adding a new depth to the room. But as she lay in bed, sleep eluded her. She kept finding herself glancing toward the mirror, expecting to see something out of place.

At 3 a.m., she woke to a strange noise. It was soft, like the faint scratch of nails against glass. She sat up, heart pounding, and looked toward the mirror. In the dim light, her own reflection seemed perfectly normal—until she saw it blink.

Not her eyes. The eyes in the mirror.

Isabelle blinked rapidly, trying to convince herself it was a trick of her sleepy mind. But then her reflection’s face slowly twisted into a smirk, though her own face remained frozen in terror. She stared, paralyzed, as the figure in the mirror leaned closer, pressing its hand against the glass.

A soft whisper seeped into the room. "Let me out..."

Her body trembled, but she forced herself to whisper back, “Who…who are you?”

The reflection’s eyes darkened, hollow and void-like, as if absorbing all the light in the room. "I’m what you hid away. What you thought you’d left behind.”

Isabelle’s mind raced, her pulse pounding in her ears. The reflection began to twist and contort, its form stretching, growing taller, looming within the frame. Its eyes were now hollow pits, two dark chasms that held nothing but emptiness.

"Come closer," it whispered, voice colder than winter’s chill.

Despite the fear gripping her, Isabelle found herself rising from her bed, drawn toward the mirror. Her reflection’s arm lifted, beckoning her closer, closer, until her fingers were almost touching the glass.

And then, with a lurch, the glass seemed to ripple, swallowing her hand. She tried to pull back, but the reflection grinned, tugging her in with an unrelenting force. She felt a terrible coldness seep into her bones as the mirror pulled her closer.

With one final effort, Isabelle yanked her hand back, stumbling away. She watched as her reflection glared at her from the other side, trapped in the mirror, clawing at the glass with furious, hollow eyes.

Exhausted, Isabelle backed away, refusing to let the mirror consume her. She draped a sheet over it, vowing never to look into it again.

But the whispers never stopped. Every night, as darkness fell, she could hear them—the faint scratching, the pleading, the desperate promise:

"One day, you’ll come back… and I’ll be waiting."

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