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00:32My parents spent every day fussing over my sister Joanna, never knowing I had another home in the mirror.
00:38They took her to the three-day harvest festival and didn't remember they'd left me behind until it was over.
00:43But when mom and dad rushed back to our pack house, they found me freshly bathed, well-fed, and round
00:48-cheek.
00:53So, you've been taking care of yourself on your own these past few days?
00:56I stayed inside the mirror. I have mom and dad in there. They took care of me.
01:01You know Joanna's wolf fell silent because of you.
01:04Now she only clutches that rag doll. Her wolf won't answer anyone!
01:09And now you're copying her?
01:12Making up stories about someone in the mirror just to take our attention away from her?
01:19They locked me in my room, and mom warned me through the door.
01:26Taking care of Joanna has already drained us. We can't handle two sick pups in this family.
01:31Pretend to be sick one more time and you're out of this house!
01:34I curled up in the corner, crying so hard I could barely breathe.
01:37A thin, withered hand suddenly reached through the mirror and gently stroked my hair.
01:42That was the third time. If they abandon you once more, mommy will take you home.
01:47The instant the door opened, the mirror. Mom slipped back through the mirror. Mom stood in the doorway.
01:51The family will be here soon. Come help.
01:53I followed her out quietly and stared at the honey cake in the middle of the long table.
01:58Stop staring. Cut the cake.
02:00Halfway through. I suddenly remembered it was my birthday.
02:03Mom and dad had remembered my birthday after all.
02:06My nose stung, and I wiped away my tears.
02:08I thought of how kind they had once been.
02:10Before Joanna's wolf had gone silent, whenever they took her to the market,
02:14they brought me a new cloak instead of making me wear one of her oversized hand-me-downs.
02:18Would they be sad if I left with the parents inside the mirror?
02:21Then mom clasped her hands, and her next words crushed that hope.
02:24Joanna's wolf finally answered us. We should celebrate.
02:29When the whole family arrives,
02:31It may even respond to a few more of them.
02:33I froze, and the corners of my mouth slowly fell.
02:36The bell above the door rang.
02:38Our relatives crowded into the room.
02:40Everyone gathered around my sister.
02:41Joanna, we heard your wolf finally stirred.
02:45See if it can find your Uncle Victor through the pack bond.
02:49Come on, little pup.
02:50Reach for Aunt Agatha's wolf, and I'll give you a whole pouch of gold.
02:54Under everyone's eager gaze, Joanna pressed her lips together and gripped her skirt, but her wolf did not answer.
03:00When dad saw our relatives losing patience, he gave me a gentle nudge.
03:05I squeezed into the crowd.
03:06Uncle Victor, Uncle Rowan, Aunt Agatha, let me bring you some honey cake.
03:11Lila is a good girl.
03:13What a healthy little girl.
03:15If I had a daughter this sweet, I'd be the proudest father in the pack.
03:19So what if her wolf is very healthy?
03:21She's obviously trying to steal Joanna's moment.
03:24She's already six.
03:26At her age, my son could recite the entire Moon Goddess prayer book.
03:30Greeting a few people is nothing, compared to Joanna.
03:33You do come off looking better, isn't it?
03:35Lila!
03:36Must you always show off?
03:38Joanna's wolf finally responded, and you still had to make this about you.
03:41Drop the little act.
03:43Stop trying to make everyone notice you.
03:44Lila, tell me.
03:46Who taught you to fight your own sister for your parents' attention at such a young age?
03:50I looked at mom and dad without thinking.
03:52They looked away as if they suddenly knew what they had made me do.
03:56After Joanna's wolf fell completely silent,
03:58they forced me to awaken her inner wolf every single day.
04:01I called to her wolf until my voice went hoarse, but it never stirred.
04:06Talk to Joanna!
04:07Speak!
04:08Hurry!
04:10Why did the Moon Goddess bless you
04:12with a strong wolf if you refused to help your sister?
04:15You never remember how good your sister has been to you.
04:19All you do is upset her!
04:21But Joanna's kindness was knowing I wasn't allowed sweets
04:24and still secretly slipping me candy.
04:25I was only three.
04:27Every baby tooth had rotted,
04:29and the pain kept me awake each night.
04:32The pack healer finally pulled them out,
04:35and mom and dad still scolded me afterward.
04:38Lila!
04:40The pack healer said someone at home must keep calling to your sister's wolf
04:43and gently coax it to respond.
04:45You're her younger sister.
04:47You should be helping her,
04:48not making things harder.
04:49I tried so hard to awaken her wolf.
04:51Why were mom and dad still unhappy with me?
04:54While the relatives kept pressing me for an answer,
04:56dad handed me a plate of wild strawberries.
04:58Go eat over there, and keep quiet.
05:01The moment I took the plate,
05:03Joanna snatched it away, threw it to the floor,
05:05and let out a piercing scream.
05:07Mom and dad went pale.
05:08They thought Joanna's wolf was spiraling out of control again.
05:12Lila!
05:13Why are you so greedy?
05:17Your sister hasn't eaten yet!
05:19How dare you eat before her!
05:21You know she feels insecure.
05:23She gets first choice of everything in this house!
05:25I stared at the crushed strawberries,
05:27my throat tightening.
05:29I crouched down and picked them up one by one,
05:31placing them back on the wooden tray.
05:33I was wrong!
05:34I don't want them anymore!
05:35She can have them all!
05:37When did you become so obedient, Lila?
05:41When you were three,
05:42no one could take food from you without a fight.
05:46Because the mirror mom already gave me those.
05:49I quickly covered my mouth
05:50and shook my head over and over.
05:52That little brat knows how to put on a show.
05:57She acts pitiful for sympathy,
05:59then lies about having a mirror mom.
06:01Why not claim you're going to live inside it too?
06:03I froze at Aunt Agatha's words.
06:05How did she know the mirror mom planned to take me away?
06:08Lila Blackwood!
06:10Haven't I taught you that good pups don't lie?
06:13Why are you spouting nonsense in front of the family?
06:17Tell everyone you made up the mirror mom!
06:19I glanced toward the mirror in my room.
06:21The mother inside showed half her face.
06:24Her hollow, dark gold eyes stared back at me,
06:26and her mouth curved into an eerie smile.
06:28I raised my head timidly.
06:30Mom, I didn't lie!
06:32There really was another mother inside the mirror.
06:34But under mom's icy stare,
06:36I swallowed the rest.
06:37Uncle Rowan had studied magic at the Moon Temple since childhood.
06:41He took my words seriously and frowned at mom.
06:43Lila doesn't look like she's lying.
06:46Something may truly be wrong with that mirror.
06:48Let me take a look at her room.
06:49He took a moonstone and a warding charm from his leather pouch.
06:54When he was about to question me about the mirror,
06:56Joanna's scream cut him off.
06:58She picked up a shard of pottery
06:59and readied to drag it across her wrist.
07:01Mom panicked at once.
07:03She pulled Joanna into her arms
07:05and stopped her from hurting herself again.
07:07Did you make up those parents in the mirror
07:08just to upset Joanna?
07:09Is that why she hurt herself?
07:11We love you so much.
07:13How could you be this cruel?
07:15Dad, I didn't lie!
07:18Dad refused to listen.
07:20After a hurried goodbye to the relatives,
07:22he took Joanna in a carriage to the healer's lodge.
07:26When everyone left,
07:27I stood alone in the silent pack house.
07:31I had tried as hard as I could.
07:33Why did Mom and Dad still refuse to believe me?
07:36Joanna's cut was shallow.
07:38She was not in danger.
07:39Even so, Mom and Dad took turns watching over her
07:42at the healer's lodge,
07:43terrified she would try again.
07:45I saw them only when they came home
07:46to collect food for her.
07:47But whenever I approached,
07:49they pushed me away and kept their distance.
07:51Leah, stop clinging on me!
07:52You already drove Joanna to cut herself.
07:55Is that what you want?
07:57For your sister to die?
07:58Mom, I don't know why she cut her wrist,
08:00but I never wanted her to die.
08:02Even when she lost control,
08:04hard shoved me to the ground.
08:05You truly saw Lila walk through the mirror?
08:07Dad nodded gravely.
08:09Victor, can you get her out or not?
08:11Uncle Victor shook his head.
08:12I've examined it again and again.
08:14It looks like an ordinary mirror.
08:15There is no hidden door,
08:16no illusion rune,
08:17and no trace of magic.
08:18She could not have entered it through a trick.
08:20Mom froze,
08:21then pleaded in disbelief.
08:22Please.
08:23If it wasn't an illusion of magic,
08:25I cannot imagine how she vanished.
08:27My parents spent every day fussing over my sister Joanna,
08:30never knowing I had another home in the mirror.
08:33They took her to the three-day harvest festival
08:35and didn't remember they'd left me behind until it was over.
08:38But when Mom and Dad rushed back to our packhouse,
08:41they found me freshly bathed,
08:42well-fed,
08:43and round-cheek.
08:47So,
08:48you've been taking care of yourself on your own these past few days?
08:51I stayed inside the mirror.
08:53I have Mom and Dad in there.
08:54They took care of me.
08:56You know Joanna's wolf fell silent because of you.
08:59Now she only clutches that rag doll.
09:01Her wolf won't answer anyone.
09:04And now you're copying her?
09:07Making up stories about someone in the mirror
09:09just to take our attention away from her?
09:14They locked me in my room,
09:15and Mom warned me through the door.
09:21Taking care of Joanna has already drained us.
09:23We can't handle two sick pups in this family.
09:26Pretend to be sick one more time,
09:27and you're out of this house!
09:29I curled up in the corner,
09:30crying so hard I could barely breathe.
09:32A thin,
09:33withered hand suddenly reached through the mirror
09:35and gently stroked my hair.
09:37That was the third time.
09:38If they abandon you once more,
09:40Mommy will take you home.
09:41The instant the door opened,
09:43the mirror.
09:43Mom slipped back through the mirror.
09:45Mom stood in the doorway.
09:46The family will be here soon.
09:48Come help.
09:48I followed her out quietly
09:50and stared at the honey cake
09:51in the middle of the long table.
09:53Stop staring.
09:54Cut the cake.
09:55Halfway through.
09:56I suddenly remembered it was my birthday.
09:58Mom and Dad had remembered my birthday after all.
10:01My nose stung,
10:02and I wiped away my tears.
10:03I thought of how kind they had once been.
10:05Before Joanna's wolf had gone silent,
10:07whenever they took her to the market,
10:09they brought me a new cloak
10:10instead of making me wear
10:11one of her oversized hand-me-downs.
10:13Would they be sad
10:14if I left with the parents inside the mirror?
10:16Then Mom clasped her hands
10:17and her next words crushed that hope.
10:19Joanna's wolf finally answered us.
10:22We should celebrate.
10:23When the whole family arrives,
10:26it may even respond to a few more of them.
10:28I froze,
10:29and the corners of my mouth slowly fell.
10:31The bell above the door rang.
10:33Our relatives crowded into the room.
10:35Every one gathered around my sister.
10:37Joanna,
10:38we heard your wolf finally stirred.
10:40See if it can find your Uncle Victor
10:42through the pack bond.
10:44Come on, little pup.
10:45Reach for Aunt Agatha's wolf,
10:47and I'll give you a whole pouch of gold.
10:49Under everyone's eager gaze,
10:51Joanna pressed her lips together
10:52and gripped her skirt,
10:53but her wolf did not answer.
10:55When Dad saw our relatives losing patience,
10:57he gave me a gentle nudge.
11:00I squeezed into the crowd.
11:01Uncle Victor,
11:02Uncle Rowan,
11:03Aunt Agatha,
11:04let me bring you some honey cake.
11:06Lila is a good girl.
11:08What a healthy little girl.
11:10If I had a daughter this sweet,
11:12I'd be the proudest father in the pack.
11:15So what if her wolf is very healthy?
11:16She's obviously trying to steal Joanna's moment.
11:19She's already six.
11:21At her age,
11:22my son could recite
11:23the entire Moon Goddess prayer book.
11:25Greeting a few people is nothing,
11:26compared to Joanna.
11:28You do come off looking better, isn't it?
11:30Lila!
11:32Must you always show off?
11:33Joanna's wolf finally responded,
11:35and you still had to make this about you.
11:37Drop the little act.
11:38Stop trying to make everyone notice you.
11:39Lila, tell me.
11:41Who taught you to fight your own sister
11:43for your parents' attention
11:44at such a young age?
11:45I looked at Mom and Dad without thinking.
11:47They looked away as if they suddenly knew
11:49what they had made me do.
11:51After Joanna's wolf fell completely silent,
11:53they forced me to awaken her inner wolf
11:55every single day.
11:56I called to her wolf
11:57until my voice went hoarse,
11:59but it never stirred.
12:01Talk to Joanna!
12:02Speak!
12:03Hurry!
12:05Why did the Moon Goddess bless you
12:07with a strong wolf
12:08if you refuse to help your sister?
12:10You never remember
12:11how good your sister has been to you.
12:14All you do is upset her.
12:16But Joanna's kindness was knowing
12:17I wasn't allowed sweets
12:18and still secretly slipping me candy.
12:20I was only three.
12:22Every baby tooth had rotted,
12:24and the pain kept me awake each night.
12:27The pack healer finally pulled them out,
12:29and Mom and Dad still scolded me afterward.
12:33Lila!
12:35The pack healer said someone at home
12:37must keep calling to your sister's wolf
12:38and gently coax it to respond.
12:40You're her younger sister.
12:42You should be helping her,
12:43not making things harder.
12:44I tried so hard to awaken her wolf.
12:46Why were Mom and Dad still unhappy with me?
12:48While the relatives kept pressing me for an answer,
12:51Dad handed me a plate of wild strawberries.
12:53Go eat over there,
12:55and keep quiet.
12:56The moment I took the plate,
12:58Joanna snatched it away,
12:59threw it to the floor,
13:00and let out a piercing scream.
13:02Mom and Dad went pale.
13:03They thought Joanna's wolf
13:05was spiraling out of control again.
13:07Lila!
13:08Why are you so greedy?
13:12Your sister hasn't eaten yet!
13:14How dare you eat before her!
13:16You know she feels insecure.
13:18She gets first choice of everything in this house!
13:21I stared at the crushed strawberries,
13:23my throat tightening.
13:24I crouched down and picked them up one by one,
13:26placing them back on the wooden tray.
13:28I was wrong!
13:29Parents spent every day fussing over my sister Joanna,
13:32never knowing I had another home in the mirror.
13:34They took her to the three-day harvest festival,
13:36and didn't remember they'd left me behind
13:39until it was over.
13:39But when Mom and Dad rushed back to our pack house,
13:42they found me freshly bathed,
13:44well-fed, and round-cheeked.
13:49So, you've been taking care of yourself
13:51on your own these past few days?
13:53I stayed inside the mirror.
13:54I have Mom and Dad in there.
13:56They took care of me.
13:57You know Joanna's wolf fell silent because of you.
14:00Now she only clutches that ragdoll.
14:03Her wolf won't answer anyone!
14:06And now you're copying her?
14:08Making up stories about someone in the mirror
14:10just to take our attention away from her?
14:16They locked me in my room,
14:17and Mom warned me through the door.
14:23Taking care of Joanna has already drained us.
14:25We can't handle two sick pups in this family.
14:27Pretend to be sick one more time,
14:29and you're out of this house!
14:30I curled up in the corner,
14:32crying so hard I could barely breathe.
14:34A thin,
14:35withered hand suddenly reached through the mirror
14:37and gently stroked my hair.
14:38That was the third time.
14:40If they abandon you once more,
14:42Mommy will take you home.
14:43The instant the door opened,
14:44the mirror.
14:45Mom slipped back through the mirror.
14:46Mom stood in the doorway.
14:48The family will be here soon.
14:49Come help.
14:50I followed her out quietly
14:51and stared at the honey cake
14:52in the middle of the long table.
14:55Stop staring.
14:56Cut the cake.
14:57Halfway through,
14:58I suddenly remembered it was my birthday.
15:00Mom and Dad had remembered my birthday after all.
15:02My nose stung,
15:03and I wiped away my tears.
15:05I thought of how kind they had once been.
15:07Before Joanna's wolf had gone silent,
15:09whenever they took her to the market,
15:10they brought me a new cloak
15:11instead of making me wear
15:12one of her oversized hand-me-downs.
15:14Would they be sad
15:15if I left with the parents inside the mirror?
15:17Then Mom clasped her hands,
15:19and her next words crushed that hope.
15:21Joanna's wolf finally answered us.
15:23We should celebrate.
15:25When the whole family arrives,
15:27it may even respond to a few more of them.
15:30I froze,
15:31and the corners of my mouth slowly fell.
15:33The bell above the door rang.
15:35Our relatives crowded into the room.
15:37Every one gathered around my sister.
15:39Joanna,
15:40we heard your wolf finally stirred.
15:43See if it can find your Uncle Victor
15:45through the pack bond.
15:46Come on, little pup.
15:48Reach for Aunt Agatha's wolf,
15:49and I'll give you a whole pouch of gold.
15:51Under everyone's eager gaze,
15:53Joanna pressed her lips together
15:54and gripped her skirt,
15:55but her wolf did not answer.
15:57When Dad saw our relatives losing patience,
15:59he gave me a gentle nudge.
16:02I squeezed into the crowd.
16:04Uncle Victor,
16:05Uncle Rowan,
16:06Aunt Agatha,
16:06let me bring you some honey cake.
16:09Lila is a good girl.
16:11What a healthy little girl.
16:12If I had a daughter this sweet,
16:14I'd be the proudest father in the pack.
16:17So what if her wolf is very healthy?
16:19She's obviously trying to steal Joanna's moment.
16:22She's already six.
16:23At her age,
16:24my son could recite
16:25the entire Moon Goddess prayer book.
16:27Greeting a few people is nothing,
16:28compared to Joanna.
16:30You do come off looking better,
16:32isn't it?
16:33Lila!
16:34Must you always show off?
16:36Joanna's wolf finally responded,
16:37and you still had to make this about you.
16:39Drop the little act.
16:40Stop trying to make everyone notice you.
16:42Lila, tell me.
16:43Who taught you to fight your own sister
16:45for your parents' attention
16:46at such a young age?
16:48I looked at Mom and Dad without thinking.
16:50They looked away as if they suddenly knew
16:51what they had made me do.
16:53After Joanna's wolf fell completely silent,
16:56they forced me to awaken her inner wolf
16:58every single day.
16:59I called to her wolf
17:00until my voice went hoarse,
17:01but it never stirred.
17:03Talk to Joanna!
17:05Speak!
17:06Hurry!
17:07Why did the Moon Goddess bless you
17:09with a strong wolf
17:11if you refused to help your sister?
17:13You never remember
17:14how good your sister has been to you.
17:16All you do is upset her.
17:18But Joanna's kindness was knowing
17:20I wasn't allowed sweets
17:21and still secretly slipping me candy.
17:23I was only three.
17:24Every baby tooth had rotted,
17:27and the pain kept me awake each night.
17:30The pack healer finally pulled them out,
17:32and Mom and Dad still scolded me afterward.
17:35Lila!
17:37The pack healer said
17:39someone at home
17:39must keep calling to your sister's wolf
17:41and gently coax it to respond.
17:43You're her younger sister.
17:44You should be helping her,
17:45not making things harder.
17:47I tried so hard to awaken her wolf.
17:49Why were Mom and Dad still unhappy with me?
17:51While the relatives kept pressing me for an answer,
17:54Dad handed me a plate of wild strawberries.
17:56Go eat over there,
17:57and keep quiet.
17:59The moment I took the plate,
18:01Joanna snatched it away,
18:02threw it to the floor,
18:03and let out a piercing scream.
18:05Mom and Dad went pale.
18:06They thought Joanna's wolf
18:07was spiraling out of control again.
18:10Lila,
18:11why are you so greedy?
18:15Your sister hasn't eaten yet!
18:17How dare you eat before her!
18:19You know she feels insecure.
18:21She gets first choice
18:22of everything in this house!
18:23I stared at the crushed strawberries,
18:26my throat tightening.
18:27I crouched down
18:28and picked them up one by one,
18:29placing them back on the wooden tray.
18:31I was wrong!
18:32I don't want them anymore!
18:33She can have them all!
18:35When did you become so obedient, Lila?
18:39When you were three,
18:40no one could take food from you
18:41without a fight.
18:44Because the mirror mom already gave me-
18:46I was standing obediently
18:48in front of the mirror,
18:49waving to them.
18:49It was my final goodbye.
18:51Their faces darkened,
18:52and they stepped forward to seize me.
18:54Then two thin hands
18:55covered in grey-white wolf fur
18:56reached from the mirror behind me.
18:58Lila!
18:59Liar!
18:59Liar!
19:00But I turned
19:01and threw myself
19:02into those arms
19:03without hesitation.
19:04My parents spent every day
19:05fussing over my sister Joanna,
19:07never knowing
19:08I had another home
19:09in the mirror.
19:10They took her
19:11to the three-day harvest festival
19:12and didn't remember
19:13they'd left me behind
19:14until it was over.
19:15But when mom and dad
19:16rushed back to our pack house,
19:18they found me freshly bathed,
19:20well-fed,
19:20and round-cheek.
19:25So,
19:25you've been taking care of yourself
19:27on your own
19:27these past few days?
19:28I stayed inside the mirror.
19:30I have mom and dad in there.
19:31They took care of me.
19:33You know Joanna's wolf
19:34fell silent because of you.
19:36Now she only clutches
19:38that rag doll.
19:39Her wolf won't answer anyone!
19:41And now you're copying her?
19:44Making up stories
19:45about someone in the mirror
19:46just to take our attention
19:47away from her?
19:51They locked me in my room
19:53and mom warned me
19:54through the door.
19:58Taking care of Joanna
19:59has already drained us.
20:01We can't handle
20:01two sick pups in this family.
20:03Pretend to be sick
20:04one more time
20:05and you're out of this house!
20:06I curled up in the corner
20:07crying so hard
20:08I could barely breathe.
20:10A thin,
20:10withered hand
20:11suddenly reached through the mirror
20:12and gently stroked my hair.
20:14That was the third time.
20:15If they abandon you once more,
20:17mommy will take you home.
20:19The instant the door opened,
20:20the mirror.
20:21Mom slipped back
20:21through the mirror.
20:22Mom stood in the doorway.
20:24The family will be here soon.
20:25Come help.
20:26I followed her out quietly
20:27and stared at the honey cake
20:28in the middle of the long table.
20:30Stop staring.
20:32Cut the cake.
20:32Halfway through.
20:33I suddenly remembered
20:34it was my birthday.
20:35Mom and dad
20:36had remembered my birthday
20:37after all.
20:38My nose stung
20:39and I wiped away my tears.
20:40I thought of how kind
20:41they had once been.
20:42Before Joanna's wolf
20:43had gone silent,
20:44whenever they took her
20:45to the market,
20:46they brought me a new cloak
20:47instead of making me wear
20:48one of her oversized
20:49hand-me-downs.
20:50Would they be sad
20:51if I left with the parents
20:52inside the mirror?
20:53Then mom clasped her hands
20:55and her next words
20:55crushed that hope.
20:57Joanna's wolf
20:57finally answered us.
20:59We should celebrate.
21:01when the whole family arrives.
21:03It may even respond
21:04to a few more of them.
21:06I froze
21:06and the corners of my mouth
21:08slowly fell.
21:08The bell above the door rang.
21:10Our relatives crowded
21:11into the room.
21:12Every own gathered
21:13around my sister.
21:14Joanna,
21:15we heard your wolf
21:17finally stirred.
21:18See if it can find
21:19your uncle Victor
21:20through the pack bond.
21:21Come on, little pup.
21:23Reach for Aunt Agatha's wolf
21:24and I'll give you
21:25a whole pouch of gold.
21:26Under everyone's eager gaze,
21:28Joanna pressed her lips together
21:29and gripped her skirt
21:30but her wolf did not answer.
21:32When dad saw our relatives
21:33losing patience,
21:34he gave me a gentle nudge.
21:37I squeezed into the crowd.
21:39Uncle Victor,
21:40Uncle Rowan,
21:41Aunt Agatha,
21:41let me bring you
21:42some honey cake.
21:44Lila is a good girl.
21:46What a healthy little girl.
21:47If I had a daughter
21:48this sweet,
21:49I'd be the proudest
21:51father in the pack.
21:52So what if her wolf
21:53is very healthy?
21:54She's obviously trying
21:55to steal Joanna's moment.
21:57She's already six.
21:58At her age,
21:59my son could recite
22:00the entire Moon Goddess
22:01prayer book.
22:02Greeting a few people
22:03is nothing compared
22:04to Joanna.
22:05You do come off
22:06looking better,
22:07isn't it?
22:08Lila!
22:09Must you always show off?
22:11Joanna's wolf
22:11finally responded
22:12and you still had
22:13to make this about you.
22:14Drop the little act.
22:15Stop trying to make
22:16everyone notice you.
22:17Lila, tell me.
22:18Who taught you
22:19to fight your own sister
22:20for your parents' attention
22:21at such a young age?
22:22I looked at mom and dad
22:24without thinking.
22:24They looked away
22:25as if they suddenly
22:26knew what they
22:26had made me do.
22:28After Joanna's wolf
22:29fell completely silent,
22:30they forced me
22:31to awaken her inner wolf
22:32every single day.
22:33I called to her wolf
22:34until my voice
22:35went hoarse,
22:36but it never stirred.
22:38Talk to Joanna!
22:40Speak!
22:40Hurry!
22:42Why did the moon goddess
22:43bless you
22:44with a strong wolf
22:46if you refused
22:46to help your sister?
22:48You never remember
22:49how good your sister
22:50has been to you.
22:51All you do
22:52is upset her.
22:53But Joanna's kindness
22:54was knowing
22:55I wasn't allowed sweets
22:56and still secretly
22:57slipping me candy.
22:58I was only three.
22:59Every baby tooth
23:00had rotted
23:01and the pain
23:02kept me awake
23:03each night.
23:05The pack healer
23:06finally pulled them out
23:07and mom and dad
23:08still scolded me afterward.
23:10Lila!
23:12The pack healer
23:13said someone at home
23:14must keep calling
23:15to your sister's wolf
23:15and gently coax it
23:17to respond.
23:18You're her younger sister.
23:19You should be helping her,
23:20not making things harder.
23:22I tried so hard
23:23to awaken her wolf.
23:24Why were mom and dad
23:25still unhappy with me?
23:26While the relatives
23:27kept pressing me
23:28for an answer,
23:29dad handed me
23:29a plate of wild strawberries.
23:31Go eat over there
23:32and keep quiet.
23:34The moment I took the plate,
23:35Joanna snatched it away,
23:37threw it to the floor
23:37and let out
23:38a piercing screen.
23:39Mom and dad
23:40went pale.
23:41They thought
23:41Joanna's wolf
23:42was spiraling
23:43out of control again.
23:44Lila,
23:45why are you so greedy?
23:49Your sister
23:50hasn't eaten yet.
23:51How dare you
23:52eat before her?
23:53You know she feels insecure.
23:55She gets first choice
23:56of everything
23:57in this house.
23:58I stared at the
23:59crushed strawberries,
24:00my throat tightening.
24:01I crouched down
24:02and picked them up
24:03one by one,
24:03placing them back
24:04on the wooden tray.
24:05I was wrong.
24:06I don't want them anymore.
24:08She can have them all.
24:09When did you become
24:10so obedient, Lila?
24:13When you were three,
24:14no one could take food
24:15from you without a fight.
24:18Because
24:18the mirror mum
24:20already gave me those.
24:22I quickly covered my mouth
24:23and shook my head
24:24over and over.
24:25That little brat
24:25knows how to put on a show.
24:29She acts pitiful
24:30for sympathy,
24:31then lies
24:32about having a mirror mum.
24:33Why not claim
24:34you're going to live
24:34inside it too?
24:36I froze at
24:37Aunt Agatha's words.
24:38How did she know
24:39the mirror mum
24:39planned to take me away?
24:41Lila Blackwood!
24:43Haven't I taught you
24:44that good pups
24:45don't lie?
24:46Why are you spouting
24:47nonsense in front
24:48of the family?
24:50Tell everyone
24:50you made up
24:51the mirror mum!
24:52I glanced
24:53toward the mirror
24:53in my room.
24:54The mother inside
24:55showed half her face.
24:56Her hollow,
24:57dark gold eyes
24:58stared back at me
24:59and her mouth curved
25:00into an eerie smile.
25:01I raised my head timidly.
25:03Mum,
25:04I didn't lie.
25:05There really was
25:06another mother
25:06inside the mirror.
25:07But under mum's icy stare,
25:09I swallowed the rest.
25:10Uncle Rowan
25:11had studied magic
25:12at the Moon Temple
25:13since childhood.
25:14He took my words
25:15seriously
25:15and frowned at mum.
25:16Lila doesn't look
25:17like she's lying.
25:18Something may truly
25:19be wrong with that mirror.
25:21Let me take a look
25:22at her room.
25:22He took a moonstone
25:24and a warding charm
25:24from his leather pouch.
25:27When he was about
25:27to question me
25:28about the mirror,
25:29Joanna's scream
25:30cut him off.
25:31She picked up
25:31a shard of pottery
25:32and readied to drag it
25:33across her wrist.
25:34Mum panicked at once.
25:36She pulled Joanna
25:37into her arms
25:37and stopped her
25:38from hurting herself again.
25:40Did you make up
25:40those parents in the mirror
25:41just to upset Joanna?
25:42Is that why she hurt herself?
25:44We love you so much.
25:45How could you be this cruel?
25:47Dad,
25:48I didn't lie!
25:51Dad refused to listen.
25:52After a hurried goodbye
25:54to the relatives,
25:55he took Joanna
25:55in a carriage
25:56to the healer's lodge.
25:59When everyone left,
26:00I stood alone
26:01in the silent pack house.
26:04I had tried as hard
26:05as I could.
26:06Why did mom and dad
26:08still refuse to believe me?
26:10Joanna's cut was shallow.
26:11She was not in danger.
26:12Even so,
26:13mom and dad took turns
26:14watching over her
26:15at the healer's lodge,
26:16terrified she would try again.
26:18I saw them only when they came home
26:19to collect food for her.
26:21But whenever I approached,
26:22they pushed me away
26:23and kept their distance.
26:24Leah,
26:24stop clinging on me!
26:26You already drove Joanna
26:27to cut herself.
26:28Is that what you want?
26:30For your sister to die?
26:31Mom,
26:32I don't know why
26:32she cut her wrist,
26:34but I never wanted her to die.
26:36Even when she lost control,
26:37hard shoved me to the ground,
26:38or cut up my lovest ragdoll,
26:40I never hated her,
26:41after all.
26:42Mom and dad always said
26:43she became ill because of me.
26:44If it weren't for me,
26:46her wolf would never
26:46have gone silent.
26:47Then mom and dad
26:48would not have to live
26:49in misery every day.
26:50Still,
26:51mom's words made my heart ache.
26:52Two days later,
26:53Joanna returned
26:54from the healer's lodge.
26:55She was far more lively
26:56than before.
26:57Besides her wolf
26:58starting to stir,
26:59Joanna can talk
27:00on her own now.
27:01Mom said Joanna's wolf
27:02had answered
27:03because it couldn't bear
27:04to hear her cry.
27:05But I had spent years
27:06calling to Joanna's wolf,
27:07and it had never once
27:08answered me.
27:09Why had mom only
27:10needed to cry once?
27:12Holding the ragdoll
27:13the mirror mom had given me,
27:14I quietly pushed open
27:15Joanna's door.
27:16Joanna,
27:17stay home and recover.
27:18No matter what Laya does,
27:20you're the only daughter
27:20mommy truly loves.
27:22Daddy feels the same.
27:23We've ignored her
27:24these past few days
27:24on purpose,
27:25so she'll learn her lesson.
27:28Don't blame Lila.
27:29She's still little.
27:31It would be better
27:32without me.
27:36Don't say foolish things.
27:37You will always be
27:38our precious girl.
27:39Dad wrapped an arm
27:40around her shoulders.
27:42Lila is always scheming.
27:44We're sending her
27:45to Aunt Agatha's farm
27:45to be taught some discipline.
27:47Once you're better,
27:48we'll bring her back.
27:49The doll slipped
27:50from my hands
27:51and fell to the floor.
27:52Panic flashed
27:53across their faces
27:53when they realized
27:54I had heard them.
27:57Since you heard us,
27:58we won't hide it.
28:01Aunt Agatha
28:02sent word yesterday.
28:03She wants you at her farm
28:04to learn some manners.
28:05Mom!
28:06Dad!
28:06Just because she's sick,
28:08are you going to pretend
28:09you don't love me
28:09and throw me away for good?
28:14You insist the parents
28:16inside the mirror
28:16love you more than we do.
28:21Then take the mirror
28:22and go live with Aunt Agatha.
28:25She drove me out of Joanna's room
28:26and slammed the door.
28:27Listening to their laughter
28:29through the door,
28:29I felt a dull pain
28:30in my chest.
28:31Maybe they were
28:32with a happy family of three
28:33and I was only the extra one.
28:36I returned to my room
28:38in silence.
28:38The mirror mom
28:39had already prepared
28:40steaming venison
28:41and barley porridge.
28:42Come eat, sweetheart.
28:44When you're finished,
28:45come home with mommy.
28:46Your father is waiting too.
28:48I nodded blankly
28:49and ate the meal
28:50she had made.
28:51Halfway through,
28:52tears began dropping
28:53into my porridge.
28:55Before I go,
28:56may I say goodbye
28:57to mom and dad?
28:59Of course.
29:00But be quick.
29:01The tunnel will close soon.
29:03I wiped my tears,
29:05wrote a letter on parchment
29:06with a quill,
29:07then ran to hug them.
29:19Goodbye, mom.
29:20Goodbye, dad.
29:26Mom glanced at the letter
29:27and tossed it
29:28into the wastebasket.
29:29Dad's face remained tight.
29:31Don't think acting pitiful
29:32will stop us
29:32from sending you away.
29:34Aunt Agatha will be here
29:35in five minutes.
29:36Go pack.
29:37I nodded heavily.
29:39Even though I had decided
29:40to leave,
29:41my heart still hurt.
29:42I returned to my room
29:43without taking a single thing.
29:45I sat on the edge of the bed
29:46and looked around the room
29:47where I had spent
29:48all six years of my life.
29:50It suddenly felt unfamiliar.
29:52At least I had parents
29:53who loved me in the mirror
29:54and no sister there
29:55who hated me.
29:56Life with them
29:56had to be happier than this.
29:58Then Aunt Agatha
29:59shouted outside my door.
30:02The door won't open.
30:03That wretched girl
30:04must have barred it
30:05from inside.
30:08Lila!
30:08You're getting bolder
30:09by the day.
30:10How dare you bar this door!
30:11Aunt Agatha is here for you!
30:12Open it now!
30:13Even if we have to bind you,
30:15you're leaving today.
30:16We'll cure that rotten temper
30:18out of you.
30:19When I still refused to open it,
30:20Dad kicked the wooden bar apart.
30:22I was standing obediently
30:23in front of the mirror
30:24waving to them.
30:25It was my final goodbye.
30:26Their faces darkened
30:27and they stepped forward
30:28to seize me.
30:29Then two thin hands
30:30covered in grey-white wolf fur
30:32reached from the mirror
30:32behind me.
30:33Lila!
30:34Lila!
30:36But I turned
30:37and threw myself
30:37into those arms
30:38without hesitation.
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