Frostshore Haven

Maria walked away from the window and made her way down the mansion toward her office. She figured Mira would secretly pay her a visit at some point after they left the Secret Realm, but she wasn't sure when. 

'It was faster than I thought.' She gently rubbed the engagement ring on her finger. '...I guess I was right. She didn't want to talk, or perhaps she was just too nervous.'

While she was thinking that, she opened the door to her office and noticed that a letter had replaced the one that she had left there for Mira.

"Although it's a bit awkward, this way of communicating is probably the most suitable for now," Maria muttered to herself while shivering, feeling phantom pain run down the middle of her body. 

She still remembered the sensation of getting cut in half and dying. 

'It still feels like a dream.' She thought, not wanting to remember but forced to.