Crystal Iris and The Solenscint in the Mirror

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Welcome back to the <em>Crystal Iris</em> series.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I hope you like your magic dirty-and your men even worse.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Because </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Solenscint in the Mirror</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is anything but light.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nightmares that bleed into daylight.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mirrors that show you more than your own reflection.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A secret society watching from the shadows.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And a craving she'll do anything to satisfy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I ran to Paris to disappear. To keep him safe.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But this isn't an escape. Not really.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's a sinking-the prism's presence only growing stronger</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>a little less of me in control every day.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And when I close my eyes-I see him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The dreams give and take in equal measure.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And when I wake there's nothing left but to forget.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How long can I outrun the lies I left behind</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>before they reach through the dark and pull me under?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I should stop. Instead I beg for more pretending it's the last time.</span></p><p></p>