The Truth 

Driven by fear, Elira began to believe what her mother had once feared, that beauty was a finite thing, and that Lysa was taking what remained of hers.

One night, in a frenzy of desperation, Elira covered every mirror in the house.

But it was too late.

For beauty had never been something Lysa stole, it was something Elira had buried beneath her own fear. And in trying to destroy her daughter’s light, she ensured her own darkness would be the only thing the mirrors remembered.

With that, Elira's light dimmed out and she was no longer able to see her own reflection, only that of her mother...