Somewhere in the dark — or maybe in time itself — a voice whispers:138Please respect copyright.PENANAkuzzcHT1jU
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“Remember.”138Please respect copyright.PENANAAbpi7aBORp
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The word rips through the silence like a thread snapping.138Please respect copyright.PENANAkpS9fCnAof
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I gasp, and the world reforms around me — but it’s not my world.138Please respect copyright.PENANALk9vKlSs8P
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It’s older. Sharper. Too vivid to be a dream.138Please respect copyright.PENANATrHivfinHe
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I’m standing in a hall carved from black stone, tall and cruelly beautiful. The torches burn blue, their light reflecting on the polished marble like liquid shadow. Every surface hums faintly, like it remembers every scream it’s ever heard.138Please respect copyright.PENANAfOEvoK0um8
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I look down. Black velvet sleeves. Pale hands. Power pulsing faintly under my skin — magic, dark and alive, like something that’s been waiting for centuries to breathe again.138Please respect copyright.PENANA31hWbEMVqv
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Then I see her in the mirror across the wall.138Please respect copyright.PENANA5jFzh5RGuO
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The Witch of Darkness.138Please respect copyright.PENANA1BERQiAmbU
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Eyes glowing faint violet, expression calm, unreadable.138Please respect copyright.PENANAT3nOxAy3Uh
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And somehow, I already know—138Please respect copyright.PENANAsX01WX2qAG
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that’s me.138Please respect copyright.PENANAstdPgq0bma
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Music swells behind me. A celebration. Laughter thick enough to choke on.138Please respect copyright.PENANAxjruCSSNgg
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The Demon King’s court.138Please respect copyright.PENANAd9unQauIU8
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Demons in gold and obsidian toast with crystal goblets, their voices echoing in the endless chamber. At the throne sits him — golden hair, piercing blue eyes that could silence anyone with a glance. His smile isn’t warm, but it’s real. Regal. Powerful. The kind of presence that makes even shadows kneel.138Please respect copyright.PENANArjnZPiO0Z9
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And beside him…138Please respect copyright.PENANA634Jw9vjgX
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Her.138Please respect copyright.PENANAnJEcpk66Ds
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The sister.138Please respect copyright.PENANAGbkJuiQfjv
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She’s draped in white silk, wearing a crown of silver thorns. Every smile she gives is sugar-laced poison.138Please respect copyright.PENANAUiVLIt9fD0
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And when she turns her head — when her eyes meet mine — the world inside me stops.138Please respect copyright.PENANAYCEqt0U8WW
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Because she looks exactly like Clara.138Please respect copyright.PENANA9bS0qhdrc5
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Same smile. Same eyes.138Please respect copyright.PENANAR9vigJgdE4
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That soft, innocent face pretending to belong to someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly — except I know the truth. I can feel it burning in the back of my mind.138Please respect copyright.PENANAJAk1PW7ZBI
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She’s the one who started it all.138Please respect copyright.PENANAlG17gTKmGp
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The sister who asked for the throne “for just one week.”138Please respect copyright.PENANAdxAa7OD4kO
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The one who betrayed her brother and began the war between humans and demons.138Please respect copyright.PENANAz2l3IdsRso
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The one who destroyed everything.138Please respect copyright.PENANACakOrCkaAY
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The Witch’s memories crawl through me, cold and unstoppable.138Please respect copyright.PENANAqVIpbsHRNg
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Her voice whispers inside my head — not as an echo, but as something alive:138Please respect copyright.PENANAJpg7x9GLR1
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“This is where it begins.”138Please respect copyright.PENANAz9YlliNnAz
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The music around me fades. The smiles turn to glass.138Please respect copyright.PENANAGGjucIoq8E
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The sister leans close to the Demon King, her laughter soft and sweet — but behind her back, a shadow starts to take form.138Please respect copyright.PENANAIEHgV4Qdmg
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> “Just for a week,” she says, all sweet and innocent. “Let me see what it feels like to rule.”138Please respect copyright.PENANAM9BS9eTZPd
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And the Demon King — poor guy — actually agrees.138Please respect copyright.PENANAsOqPz0wY1Q
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Hands her the scepter like it’s some friendship bracelet.138Please respect copyright.PENANA7JWOcMfbvr
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And the moment her fingers touch it, everything changes.138Please respect copyright.PENANAPFAqeOJaaH
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The shadows twist.138Please respect copyright.PENANAa2aBke9rDk
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Guards drop to their knees.138Please respect copyright.PENANAteDtDwIxZz
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And the air? It suddenly feels like breathing in lightning.138Please respect copyright.PENANAFIbxxqrxuT
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Then the commands start.138Please respect copyright.PENANAv5XXf7k6xN
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Cities burn. Screams fill the air. Demons, humans—everyone’s killing everyone.138Please respect copyright.PENANAfFp2iONyXi
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And she’s smiling.138Please respect copyright.PENANAa0zc5g2tSY
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> “I can do better than he ever did,” she whispers. “I’ll rebuild this world in my name.”138Please respect copyright.PENANATlvr6pPRtC
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God. I can almost feel the Witch’s—my—hands shaking.138Please respect copyright.PENANA5rqbEvTrr0
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Begging. Fighting. Failing.138Please respect copyright.PENANATbdWAGRj0K
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And when it’s all over, three bodies fall — the Demon King, the Witch, and the sister.138Please respect copyright.PENANAnOxW4tODwi
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And just before the world turns black, I catch one last look at her face.138Please respect copyright.PENANA51cN8fGU7O
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Clara’s face.138Please respect copyright.PENANA3TsJxKU2QC
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Smiling through the flames like she enjoyed every second.
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