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All Chapters of A Bear's Mirrored Romance: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Suspicious Negligence and Pink Slips

          “This setback or failure is on your head when push comes to shove.”           “Professor Digby, I understand you’re highly trained in your field. Which is all fine and dandy. But I am the one responsible if those craftspeople get injured on my property. You, sir, are not. The incidents could also cause damage to the estate. Of which would also cause your precious schedule to fall behind and the costs to go up. So technically, I may have just saved us from several lawsuits, expenses due to schedule delays, and staff safety. Now please show us around and then you can go home for the day.”           “Fine, but I will contact Mr. Winters and file my complaint.”           “Sir, you can do as you like. I won’t stop you. You are a grown man.” Gemma had enough of this man. She would see Mr. Winters long before this man would call him, and she’d fill Mr. Winte
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Revealing Hidden Things in the Attic

              “Gemma? I think you’re right. He’s preserved nothing; in fact, this could cause damage to these clothes. But he was searching for something. Okay, I admit my mind went from zero to sixty a long time ago. Normally, I’d put it down to listening to too many conspiracy theories and messing with too many roleplaying games. But I think it’s right this time. I’m just not sure what he could search for. Well, other than what we’ve been searching for.” Becky gingerly returned a small rag doll to a box. Neither woman truly knew where each item came from. All they could hope for was to remove the items from the dust and potential bugs that could damage them.              “But how would he even know anything about it? I mean, I should have been told, but I think my parents put a stop to that. How did he
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Helencia: Larin’s Journey

     Larin closed his pack and again looked at his best friend and cousin. “I’ll be back as soon as I can. Keep an eye on the mirror for one of us to explain the situation better.”     “I still believe it’s a bad idea to go behind the elders and worse going alone. What if you get in trouble? Who will pull you to safety from certain death?” Hugo wasn’t happy about any of this. Not only was he inheriting all the responsibilities of being a leader, but Larin never bother to ask him if he wanted it. That, and he felt like he’d be missing out on a wonderful adventure full of mystery and danger.     “I need you here, and again I don’t plan to be gone long. We can’t let Greyback get a foothold in that realm. They have no protections from him or his ilk.”     “I still don’t understand why we have to care a
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Searching and Researching

             “We aren’t getting anywhere here, and I can’t find anything more here. Maybe there’s something at the arbour. Or maybe they have a place they’ve stored their discoveries from their investigation, excavation, or whatever they did.”             “That we’ll look into that after Mr. Winters gets here.”             Becky’s phone dinged. “Oh, cool. The order will be here by four this afternoon. Not bad, if I say so myself.”             “We can start looking into the rooms he didn’t show us. Even the outer buildings might have something. However, those will need to wait until Mr. Winters’ gone.”   &nb
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Past to Present

     “I’ll attempt to remember the past incidents I learned about through my predecessor. I can have my assistant copy the notes and send them to you. But for now, well… as you know, twins run in your family. This estate has been here from before the founding of the town. One of the strangest things is one twin always leaves, never to return. In the beginning, with communication being spotty, no one knew they were missing. The family would never speak of them again. Now, as the generations passed and communications got better, your family couldn’t say they’d moved away. People could investigate and find they’d never made it to their location. A few people investigated the last time this happened. Your Great Aunt Ester was never found, but they found no evidence of murder or death by accident. She just… disappeared. There are at least three or four incidents like this since the town’s records started.”
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Enter Larin

              They stood there in shocked surprise, watching the crumpled form of a large man beneath a tear made of energy floating above him.              Gemma snatched the mirror from the tiny alcove and pushed it into her bag with the book.              “Okay, I’m now convinced there’s magic. Now, what do we do?” The tear faded slowly away as the light fled the scene. Only the man lying unconscious lay left behind on the ground. “What do we do with him? We can’t leave him here.” Becky pondered the latest problem while assessing the man’s prone body and gear.              “We can’t stay here, and we can’t leave him here alone. What if those things mess wi
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Explanations and Excuses

             “I am sure you have several questions. But would you introduce me to your friend, please?” Larin waved his hand at the blonde woman to his left. He struggled not to snicker at her bug-eyed expression. She just appeared too comical.             “Oh, uh, this is Rebecca Davis. We call her Becky for short. Becky, this is Larin, the guy from the mirror. I’m sorry I don’t remember you telling me your last name or, for that matter, who you are in all of this, really.”             “Yeah, I think you’ve told me that already. Yeah, what is your involvement in all this, and you better blurt it because her brother is arriving soon.” Becky squinted at him suspiciously.          &
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Seeing is Believing

              Gemma woke up out of a dead sleep to the old doorbell insistently ringing. A quick check of her bedside clock gave her the answer she needed. It was Evan, but why was he ringing the bell, like that? Then memory rushed back to her, and the words Fear Mongers flashed in neon warning lights in her mind. She was out of bed even as she heard another door loudly open.             Ignoring her robe and slippers, Gemma hurried after Larin. When Evan encountered a stranger in the house. What would he do? The doorbell was still peeling as she came down the stairs wide-eyed. She found Larin hauling his sword from the closet. Brandishing it properly before blocking her path to the door. He looked back at her and said. “Stay back. He might have brought something with him unknowingly. I’m opening the door. So, give us some room.”&n
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Education is the Key

              “Would you like to see exactly what a Fear Monger looks like up close and personal? I believe that would make everything clear.”               “What about the book? I can translate it at night, but can Evan read it? I mean, we have moonlight here. None in the butler’s pantry.”               “The journal I forgot about that. I can’t remember what they wrote in it, in the first place. It may help us find more information on what we have to do to return the portal to its correct state.” Larin slapped the table while saying this. He’d forgotten about the journal from some long-forgotten ancestor of his. He’s been told that this ancestor was infatuated with one guardian, but because of circumstances, they found themselves trapped on opposite ends of the portal. Someone created mirr
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The Journal

             “What are you guys talking about? You look really serious. Did something happen while we’re out of the room?” Becky dropped a slew of paper and pens on the table, while Gemma carefully placed, I’m nearer and a book on the table.             “We’ve just been talking. Nothing’s happened, everything’s good. So what do you have here?” Larin asked as he looked over a pen. Evan, however, went straight for the journal and picked it up. He began flipping through the pages of the book.             “Alright, let’s ignore the weirdness factor in everything and bypass the experiments you planned. Let’s forget about the demonstration to prove to me and go straight into reading it. I feel that time is of the essence here
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