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"I' the ferret into a gentle embrace "It's just that I' this!" Her voice cracked, as she broke into another stream of painful sobs "I wish so badly wish that Aldrec were here!"

Tulyr … A faint voice said above the pattering din of rain

Mericlou sat bolt upright, her irritated eyes wide in fear, and yet faintly palpable hope She heard it She was sure of it! It was Aldrec's voice

Tulyr … Please answerback the tears as the fear in her heart at long last gave way to the growing hope Even the endless call of the imse ether seemed subdued Was it really him? "Love?"

My sweet Tulyr … Come to the mirror …

The air of fear and terror now see mist as she heard Aldrec's now very real and very present voice calling to her

As she gathered the strength to rise fro warmth had filled her heart, and hands had wrapped around her, shielding her fro her to the imse ether's horrible, repetitious call

Needles crawled onto her usual perch around her neck as Mericlou walked across the rooth mirror Oval-shaped and wooden framed, she placed it in front of the wall across from the foot of the bed when her family had moved into the house

And as she approached it, her reflection, as if in a drea into vapors with every step shepuzzled at the reflection of her bed, nightstand, and the opposite wall, now eerily deprived of the ie of herself and Needles where they should have been

But then, a new ian to take shape

It remained blurry and nondescript at first, but started to solidify as she came closer Mists and vapors took shape until Aldrec stood before her, his tall, handso where her reflection should have been

"A … A …Aldrec …?" Mericlou stammered

Tulyr … He slass Tentatively, she reached out, and to her confusion, noticed that Aldrec was following herof her hand, to the small, hesitant rises and drops in her arlass surface of the ers