Chapter 6
A Shadow in the Mirror
At a haunted bed-and-breakfast, Amy sees a fleeting reflection that looks like herself but older. The encounter shakes her skepticism.
Chapter 6: A Shadow in the Mirror
The Magnolia Manor Bed & Breakfast stood at the end of a gravel drive lined with ancient oaks, their branches forming a tunnel of green that seemed to swallow the last of the afternoon light. I had read about this place in a dozen different ghost-hunting forums, each account more breathless than the last. A weeping woman in the east wing. A child's laughter from the third-floor nursery. But the one detail that kept me coming back, that had me booking a room for three nights despite my better judgment, was the mirror.
Not just any mirror. The accounts all mentioned a full-length antique mirror in the master bedroom, said to show not what stood before it, but what had once been. Some claimed to see a woman in a Civil War-era gown, others a young girl with ribbons in her hair. One particularly vivid account spoke of a man in a Confederate uniform who would appear behind whoever dared to look too long.
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