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~OPHELIA~
“Ophelia?”
The shrill of panic doesn’t come from Blair, Azrael, or even Alaric. The voice is familiar with a lingering sense of anguish.
I’m standing in a room of white with no exit in sight in the boxed space. Inevitably, I have no choice but to turn around and face the woman I didn’t think I’d confront so soon.
At least, not in a place like this…
“Odessa.”
I state the name of my twin sister before I meet her eyes of surprise. Unlike my eyes of ivory and twinkles of gold, my sister’s eyes blaze like dark rubies amid burning flames. Her pupils become thin as slits while she’s stomping toward me, as if she’s ready to finish a vendetta placed against me.
The sudden approach doesn’t make me flinch. Neither does the way she grabs my shoulders and shakes them viciously.
It only proves this moment is real.
“Wh-What are you doing here?” She frantically moves her gaze from up to down, as though she can’t fathom the idea of me being here. “You can’t be here. You’re not supposed to be here.”
“And where exactly is here?” I have to ask what she’s so frightened about.The last time I checked, we were in a white box.“Don’t bother asking how I got here because I have no clue. I was running from rose bush mist carrying Mr. Know It All and balancing an unexpected partnership with a really pretty girl and the tolerable twin of Mr. Know It All.”
“Rosebush mist?” Her eyes lock on mine. “Why were you near roses?”
“Don’t tell me you still have a vendetta against roses,” I question in return.
“Ophelia!” she snaps and is in my face. “Why. Were. You. Near. Roses?!”
I stare into her eyes, trying to search for what my heart yearns for.
“Would have been nice if you said you missed me.”
I see the pain that floods her eyes, enough that those very slits of rage begin to disappear until her pupils are back and dilating.
“Ophelia… that… fuck,” she curses and looks down at me. “You don’t understand.”
“And I probably never will,” I mutter, knowing she won’t share with me what my heart yearns for.
Why did you leave me?
Why was it so easy to abandon me?
Was I not worthy enough as a twin to be at your side?
Or was that my purpose all along?
To be cast aside.
To be but a burden in her way of survival.
Her escape from everything I was forced to shoulder alone.
Does she regret anything?
“I have to go, Odessa.”
Her eyes are wide again as she grips my shoulders.
“Where are you?” she demands. “Are you at home? Maybe… I can figure something out. I can… see what strings to pull. If you just be a bit more patient—”
