46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHByWnjEAQNMary Beth’s jaw locked, a low, guttural snarl vibrating in her chest.
"Don't. Call me. Mary Beth!"
She didn't just scream it; she hissed the words through bared teeth. Her turquoise eyes, once bright, began to churn and shrivel like dying embers. Then, the nightmare began.
Eilara watched in paralyzed horror as Mary Beth’s face simply… gave up. Her features softened into a grey, putrid sludge, sliding off her cheekbones and dripping onto Eilara’s arm. The substance was oily, stinking of rot and burnt chemicals, searing into Eilara’s skin as it dissolved.
Eilara tried to scream, but the sound died in her throat. The thing that used to be Mary Beth held her in a death grip, fingers digging into Eilara's shoulder like iron talons. Through the melting mask, a new face emerged—sharp, familiar, and terrifyingly cold. Long brown hair whipped around a face that was a jagged reflection of Eilara’s own.
"I guess Mary Beth never told you," the girl whispered, her silvery-blue eyes boring into Eilara’s soul. "We’ve only met like this once before. I’m Ellen Moore. Your twin sister."
Eilara’s mind fractured. She tried to reconcile the girl she knew with the specter standing before her, but the logic wouldn't fit. It was a jagged puzzle piece forced into the wrong spot.
"Why?" Eilara choked out. "Why all the secrets?"
"I didn't have a choice!" Ellen’s voice cracked, raw and bleeding with resentment. She wrenched a weapon upward, pressing the cold, hungry edge of the blade against her own throat. "Our parents saw the flaws in our world. They wanted you to change it! I was just the vessel—the trash bin for the memories you couldn't carry. I was built so you could focus on the future while I drowned in the past."
Ellen’s grip tightened, her knuckles white. "Mom sacrificed her very DNA to experiment on you. Dad did the same to me so I could remember them. I was supposed to be your shadow. Your protector. But after they died, the Unseen took over. They didn't just lead us; they rewired us. They tweaked your DNA until you became something unnatural. A secret weapon."
Hot, bitter tears tracked through the grime on Ellen's face. She didn't just hold the blade; she drove it home. The metal bit deep into her neck.
Eilara felt a sympathetic jolt of agony—a white-hot lightning strike of pain that shot up her own spine. Her vision blurred into a red haze.
"You monster!" Ellen’s voice was a ragged howl now. "You killed Mom! You killed Dad! You killed that fire girl’s brother! Now… you deserve to die!"
Eilara let her eyes drift shut. The weight of the blood on her hands felt heavier than the blade at her throat. She didn't fight it. She waited for the darkness.
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