When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 106 Facing the Mirror

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“Yvonne was still young back then. As she grew, her face began to look more natural. Even Shauna nearly forgot what she used to look like.”

Natalie had never known Yvonne carried such a past.

These days, she had often heard Yvonne talk about her sister with admiration. Natalie had met Phantom as well. That woman hardly spoke, but her hands were quick, her work efficient. Beyond that, Natalie hadn’t paid much attention.

She had always assumed Yvonne and Phantom were real sisters. Though she once wondered why they had different surnames, she hadn’t asked.

Seeing her surprise, Baron smiled faintly.

Natalie thought he looked devastatingly handsome when he smiled, especially with that tear mole at the corner of his eye. It was a charm that could seduce anyone.

Her heart clenched when she thought of her own state.

Her body covered in burn scars. Her hair and eyebrows gone. Her face pitted and uneven, with only her features intact.

Beside Baron, who looked like a being exiled from heaven, she was nothing but a demon dragged from hell.

But wasn’t that what she was?

The demon Jensen and Sharon had forced into existence,

Suddenly, she felt that compared to Yvonne, her own scars were nothing at all.

Biting her lip, she whispered, “Baron, can you get me a mirror?”

He hesitated, worry flickering in his eyes. “Why do you want a mirror?”

if you can… take a picture. I want to remember

eyes were rimmed

wanted to refuse, to promise her she would be healed, but the words died on

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Facing

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to face herself. Only then could she stand strong

him, but he supported her

pulled out his phone, opened the camera,

moment Natalie saw her reflection, she nearly dropped

a demon had been kind. Even demons would

reduced her

so tightly the skin

care.

burn this pain into her

a step forward,

with your own hands? If you do, I’ll stand

loud, but every word landed with weight

Natalie’s heart trembled.

steady eyes, his unwavering support. For the first time, she thought maybe the heavens hadn’t been so cruel

got to meet a man like

me. I want to answer you, but right now… I can’t. Not until my

won’t. As long as you stay with me and the children, I’ll wait. For as long

a fragile

“Alright.”

as if she’d

had worried what price the Witch Doctor might demand. But now? She wasn’t afraid of death itself–what

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