Who is she?
The doll's voice echoed through the dark basement. It sounded empty and cold.
"She lied to all of you."
Max let go of the doll. It fell to the ground—but didn't break. It just sat there, still smiling.
Jess pressed herself against the wall, shaking. "What does that mean? Who lied?"
The strange symbols on the walls started to glow brighter. They beat like a heart. Then everything went quiet.
From the shadows, the ghost girl appeared again. Anna.
Her hair floated like she was underwater. Her eyes looked sad and empty. She didn't come closer—she just stared at them.
Then she spoke.
"Mary hurt me."
Her voice was soft, like wind blowing through broken glass.
"She said she would help me. She said she would protect me. But she lied. She used me. For her ritual. For her own power."
Matt felt his mouth go dry. "Everyone thought you were the ghost. That you were the one who disappeared."
Anna shook her head slowly. "Mary opened the mirror. She let the darkness in. Then she used my name to hide. Everyone blamed me… but she made the deal."
The mirror on the wall cracked loudly—then shattered.
Something moved inside the broken glass. It was tall, twisted, and not human. It was watching them.
Anna looked at them one last time.
"You brought the doll. That's the key. Now everything can end."
She stepped back into the shadows.
And for the first time… she smiled.
The ground began to shake. Dust fell from the ceiling. The whispers turned into loud screams—but they didn't come from Anna. They came from the creature behind the mirror. It moved and screamed, trapped by a power too old to escape.
Matt picked up the doll and threw it into the broken mirror.
A bright light flashed.
Then—everything went black.
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When they woke up, the house was quiet.
The glowing symbols were gone. The mirror—gone. The doll—gone.
And Anna… was finally free.
They never found Mary's body. Only the old locket, lying outside in the dirt.
When they opened it, the photo inside had changed.
Now, it showed all four of them.
And in the background…
Mary was smiling.