Deep red as before, in a precise female hand. Lipstick on the mirror. ‘But when you turn to look, I am no longer there.’ What the bloody blue blaz...s? Staring wildly, I knew I had checked the damn thing before my shower. Moving close to the sink, I carefully reached out one hand out to the touch the writing. Lipstick smeared on my fingertips and I gazed in wonder at it. My sight traveled back up to the mirror and before my disbelieving eyes, the message began to fade until there was nothing. .. animal...”He stopped talking as Dragon leaped from her perch and landed on my shoulder. I smiled, “And how long have you been a marshal?”He frowned, “A month.”I reached up to touch Dragon, “These are not just pets. I am sure Amanda told you that. Did she tell you that she could use Cynthia and look through her eyes?”He blinked and shook his head as I pulled Dragon into my lap, “Did she tell you they can produce acid that can eat through a lock or detect poison?”He shook his head and I. ” I smile at her teasingly. “Are you asking me out on a date, Eva?” “No,” she says too quickly, with the over emphasised disgust of a child denying they have a crush. “I suppose I can try and think of something,” I tell her, before I hear her grandfather's footsteps coming up from the cellar and we pretend we're nothing more than acquaintances. POV: Eva His car pulls up outside Beth's house at exactly 7pm. Beth fusses over me like a mother sending her daughter off to prom, scrunching up the. When the nurse came in and told us we could see her, mom was up and going faster than I have ever seen her move. When I finally caught up with her she was already hugging and kissing Margret. I gave Margret a kiss and held her hand while she rolled her eyes . “I am all right mom” she was saying several times before she got her mom claimed down. I finally got to sit down and talk to her only after her mom went home,”I am fine”she said “but probably be out of service for a while”.She told me I.