**Deceit and Betrayal—Audiomachine**
FOUR YEARS AGO—DURING A SESSION OF AUNT NYRA'S MENTORSHIP
"I once taught you that water has the ability to melt stone. Even the hardest of men can be tamed by a woman. But now I will teach you that there are certain kinds of men that cannot be tamed or melted." Aunt Nyra said, circling fourteen year old Ember like a hawk in the empty room with just mirrors where they always held their lessons.
Aunt Nyra said the mirrors were for Ember to look at herself at all times, and never lose sight of who she truly is.
And in the past two weeks since Aunt Nyra's session started, that was just what Ember did. She ingrained the image of herself into her brain, till she knew every crevice of her body with an unrivalled intimacy. But after being emboldened by Aunt Nyra's bold teachings in weaponized femininity, it was a disappointing revelation to learn that not all men could be easily brought to their knees by the haughty tactics in the woman's lesson.
