“Jessica?!” Amanda exclaimed as she recognized her friend’s face. At least this person looks like Jessica, the shape of her face, the color of her eyes, even her voice. But this person is more beautiful, utterly so.

Her beauty is just like the lamias’. It was Jessica made eerily beautiful. Even her pimple marks were gone.

“You know my name? Do I know you?” the girl who looked like Jessica answered.

“It’s me, Amanda!” Amanda replied. She felt lonely that her friend did not recognize her, but a year is not really a long time. Something must have happened to her friend.

“Oh! Amanda! The village chief’s daughter!” Jessica exclaimed...