16 What?

Mira felt around in dark trying to figure out were she was. Her mask was taken off however she was in complete darkness.

"Emiraine are you ok?" Emiraine where had Mira heard that before. She listened to see if the voice in the dark would say more. "Sister answer me!" The intruder. Mira felt the air in the darkness grow colder. So Lanthier was listening Mira thought to herself.

"Who are you?"

"Isn't it obvious." Mira knew they were related. She had found the reflection of herself that her dream showed her. The girl looked like her but slightly different. She was taller with black hair. Her eyes were brown and silver and she had dark skin like Mira. "Emiraine I have come to take you home to your family." Mira was stuck. She had more family. The twin like stranger continued. "Love, your mother and father are waiting for you and your brothers too." Mira started to sniffle. She had always prayed for people that loved her, hell one person. She had let that fantasy die a long time ago. She couldn't even fully soak in what this person was saying. "Emiraine, I have never met you but I love you, I am your little sister Tisaine. I will keep you safe sister." Mira was stuck. She stopped moving and just spaced out in the darkness. All of a sudden a cell door sounded like it was opening and she was yanked to her feet. "Leave her! Leave her you coward. Take me!" Tisaine shrieked. It sounded like she was chanting something under her breathe then her voice was quickly muffled. As Mira was yanked out of her cell she hoped her family member was ok.

Lanthier pulled Mira out of the prison and upward into the castle.

"Lanthier where are we going". Mira whispered scared of what the king would do. She said it so low she wasn't even sure he heard her.

"I promised to show you the castle." He hissed.

"You wanted to explore what is mine. Let us find what you were looking for Emiraine." She tried to keep up with him but his legs were so long he was dragging her a little. He slowed his pace but kept a tight grip on her wrist. They walked long corridors and through studies and a library. She kept her head down. He stopped at one point and whispered really low. "How am I to know what you are trying to find in my castle if you won't look at anything?" This was a whisper that was scarier then any other tone he took. He let her wrists go and made a motion for her to continue walking. She walked ahead a little and looked around trying to appease him. The artwork was beautiful. Mira would have enjoyed the statues and even the hand carved wood the castle was made of if it wasn't for the fact that she could feel Lanthier's eyes boring into her back. She continued walking even though her shoulder was really hurting. Where Damanos had pierced her earlier she felt on fire. She saw a long staircase and she started up it. She wasn't sure the king wanted her to stop so her feet kept moving. They reached the top of a tower and entered a small room. She looked around. There were paintings of Lanthier and Damanos. A large family portrait sat against the wall with an older man and young women. Lanthier was playing with a little baby Damanos. A beautiful pale newborn lay in a basket looking up with green eyes. This must be their sister Mira assumed. Mira guessed the handsome couple in the portrait had been the king and queen. Mira was so curious she almost forgot about Lanthier's fury except he had quickly made the little room frigid. There were other paintings of the family. Mira thought little Lanthier looked so cute, so much less fearsome. His parents looked very regal and a power was felt from them that seemed to transcend the paintings themselves. Mira found a stack of portraits that had been covered and she went to comb through them. They were of animals and maybe relatives of the royal family. She stopped at one though and she stared down puzzled. Lanthier crossed the room and snatched it from her.