Ryan P. Cole

“Perfect Lina. You have it… Now open your eyes and see yourself as I do.” Opening her eyes, she stared at the enigma before her.” - “Patrick smiled as he watched her, waiting before speaking. “Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?” he asked. In the silence after, the awe she’d heard within his voice lingered in the air. Without words and without his commands, there was nothing she needed other than this. She stayed like that a long time, with her head bowed and unmoving until finally she closed her eyes, feeling utterly at peace. …As he did, simply watching her breathe.”
― Ryan P. Cole, 2 Dark Mirrors

“For Patrick, watching Lina change is like watching a magical and impossible creature emerge from a cocoon. Her muscles have become toned and she’s lost some of the roundness in her face. Not at all gaunt or muscular, she is only more efficient - as if nature had removed some of the things she no longer needed….
…and as she steps lightly to the cupboard in bare feet, they barely seem to touch the floor. She appears to float, both weightless and powerful. She has become part of the air that surrounds them and the air that he breathes. She is too perfect for him, he knows. She always had been.”
― Ryan P. Cole, 2 Dark Mirrors