Inherited whispers claimed the house held secrets. But Mr. Vane found more than dust-laden relics a mirror, a gateway. Stepping through, he entered a world where time flowed differently, where fantastical creatures frolicked, and a woman named Lilith, beautiful and enigmatic, held sway. Lilith, they said, was a monster, the first wife cast from Eden. Yet, in her eyes, Vane saw a flicker of something else longing, perhaps, or a yearning for redemption. As he ventured deeper, the lines between good and evil blurred, and he was forced to confront the reflection staring back not just in the mirror, but within himself.