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BROKEN MIROR

As soon as Emily hung the antique mirror on her bedroom wall, she felt a chill run down her spine.

By TECH FKPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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BROKEN MIROR
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As soon as Anna hung the antique mirror in her bedroom, strange things began to happen.

At first, it was just small things: the reflection in the mirror seemed slightly distorted, and sometimes Anna thought she saw movement in the corner of her eye. But as time passed, the occurrences became more frequent and unsettling.

One night, Anna woke up to the sound of glass shattering. She sat up in bed, heart racing, and saw that the mirror had cracked down the center. But what frightened her most was the figure she saw standing behind her in the reflection. It was a woman with long, tangled hair and a twisted expression on her face.

Anna tried to convince herself it was just her imagination, but she couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. Every time she passed by the mirror, she felt as though the woman in the reflection was reaching out to her.

One day, while cleaning her room, Anna accidentally knocked the mirror over. She watched in horror as the glass shattered, revealing a hidden compartment behind it. Inside, she found an old journal with entries dating back over a century.

As she read through the journal, Anna began to realize that the woman she had seen in the mirror was the ghost of the mirror's previous owner, a woman who had been driven to madness by the mirror's malevolent power. And now, it seemed, the mirror was seeking a new victim.

Anna tried to rid herself of the mirror, but it seemed to have a hold on her. She couldn't bear to part with it, no matter how much she feared it. And so, night after night, she would stare into the mirror, watching as the woman's reflection grew stronger and more sinister.

In the end, Anna was never seen again. But some say that if you look into the antique mirror in her old bedroom, you can still see her ghostly reflection, trapped forever in its malevolent grasp.

As soon as Anna hung the antique mirror in her bedroom, strange things began to happen.

At first, it was just small things: the reflection in the mirror seemed slightly distorted, and sometimes Anna thought she saw movement in the corner of her eye. But as time passed, the occurrences became more frequent and unsettling.

One night, Anna woke up to the sound of glass shattering. She sat up in bed, heart racing, and saw that the mirror had cracked down the center. But what frightened her most was the figure she saw standing behind her in the reflection. It was a woman with long, tangled hair and a twisted expression on her face.

Anna tried to convince herself it was just her imagination, but she couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. Every time she passed by the mirror, she felt as though the woman in the reflection was reaching out to her.

One day, while cleaning her room, Anna accidentally knocked the mirror over. She watched in horror as the glass shattered, revealing a hidden compartment behind it. Inside, she found an old journal with entries dating back over a century.

As she read through the journal, Anna began to realize that the woman she had seen in the mirror was the ghost of the mirror's previous owner, a woman who had been driven to madness by the mirror's malevolent power. And now, it seemed, the mirror was seeking a new victim.

Anna tried to rid herself of the mirror, but it seemed to have a hold on her. She couldn't bear to part with it, no matter how much she feared it. And so, night after night, she would stare into the mirror, watching as the woman's reflection grew stronger and more sinister.

In the end, Anna was never seen again. But some say that if you look into the antique mirror in her old bedroom, you can still see her ghostly reflection, trapped forever in its malevolent grasp.

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