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In her eyes lies the Devil Himself. Eyes empty and all-knowing and all-seeing. Mother has told her so, up until the day she abandoned her to the cruel and cold arms of the Palace. She wandered the halls of the Palace aimlessly, anklets jingling. The Devil's child, the people of Heera Mandi spoke.
Shaitan's creation, the people of Lahore spoke. A Jinn.
Angel, the cries of ghosts spoke, embracing her with their cold, dead hands.
As she dresses in lehengas, hands and arms covered in mehendi, and adorns herself in golden jewellery as a teenager, she pretends it is her Mother's reflection and not her. Her mother's beauty, her mother's smile—something she has long forgotten.
As she dresses in foreign dresses and skirts like the people of Paris, she wonders if this is how her Mother dressed to attract the Devil.
In the mirror, her eyes are not of the Devil's.
In the mirror, her eyes are His.
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Songbirds & Preybirds by the moirai (delphisoracle)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
14 Nov 2025
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Cassius has always known he was different from the other children. His eyes were an unnatural colour, his skin pale and strange runes engraved into him.
Ichor spills from his body, and he chokes on it.
In the mirror, he does not see the boy he is. Rather, he sees Her shadow, standing tall behind him, a veil over Her face.
When he blinks, he is gone. Gone are the runes and Ichor, leaving only blood in their wake.
Cassius is dead,
and Valerian is his vessel.