Chapter 141: Faceless
The air was still when I opened my eyes. My body felt light, like a shadow walking on borrowed ground.
I sat up, the cold stone beneath me grounding me back into this world. No voice came from my lips, there never was one unless I called it.
I stood slowly. The wooden floor creaked beneath my steps as I moved across the room.
There was a mirror leaning against the far wall. Its edges were chipped, but the reflection inside remained clean. Almost too clean.
I paused.
A girl stared back at me.
She had long blonde hair, tangled at the ends, but soft, like it had once been taken care of. Her body moved when I moved, but her face... it wasn’t there.
Just skin. Smooth and blank. Not even a mouth to whisper with. Not even eyes to cry from.
I lifted my hand, slowly, almost gently, and touched the hollow space where my features should have been. My fingers trembled, not from fear, not anymore, but from something older. A memory I couldn’t place. A feeling I had no name for.
Then, calmly, I picked up my mask.
Yellow. Shaped like a fox.