When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3KQEk6vyc
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCGgxUlmgf
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF7Tk70y9Q
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And then—167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu2rOBItTQ
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it hits me.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRScsfoB8nh
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Not like a gentle memory montage.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEh0FU6MmQu
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More like a truck.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf69wbyh2I
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTg9KTqJZQ
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The Witch. The King. Me.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE8fxHAk7S
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CHM8CXduA
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I know now. I know who I am.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g9vTHVQGg
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And I know what’s about to happen.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJIndWcBSI
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWwb3Vv8Gm
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For killing Clara.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuewtQs5D1
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And I… I remember why.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytu50EId2P
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I don’t even think.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SaEiQLLjf
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwRi6EkaTN
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeFSTb0vMi
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but I don’t stop.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWVKIHpIFJ
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Because I can see it in my head —167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZGQ5D5F2D
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAr8wIyLo7
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being dragged toward a block of stone.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWD7f3Ot51
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79GgjmMHbA
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtsBTkXuoo
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The sword’s already raised.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AY7siG1M7
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And I just—167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw6FnIyLAN
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scream.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxKPIUJ6Q6
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw2Lg0a74L
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Everything freezes.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdyJx8p3wf
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Every single head turns.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1vKE3zAbD
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zFLeQtj15
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwcIesBMlK
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgK9tirkTh
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And the boy — he just looks at me.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoAhZ9Jne8
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6OS5fWbEs
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No confusion. No panic.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j4zskWM4M
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Just that same maddening calm.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeceZQGIeX
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Like he knew I’d say it.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBfrpIvDgW
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Like this was always supposed to happen.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclCdSyTb1u
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And standing there, heart about to burst,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWplDQQ79D
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I realize something terrifying.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ788TmcTm
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehsYxpPOlm
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1RYlNjpfk
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The silence that followed my scream was so sharp, I could hear my own heartbeat trying to crawl out of my chest.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNQvZfHRfk
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Then—167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5sTDIHl7v
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a murmur.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik192BvJzp
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Then another.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzWoCf578O
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPLyXVWOr9
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKt2A3MOQ4I
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“How typical of royal blood.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZvNOqqDV8
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdhFuzxtWk
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They said it like it was tea gossip.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyjJDl8stm
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSmUU66mUr
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXq7i7SGMg
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No one moved to grab me.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTKFf2cCrt
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7s8vhU40M
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I just stood there.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFdb4NtFVG
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOinVTSSXBj
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0djGBDWfE
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMmqt4e6QL
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His calm didn’t waver.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCShy5VSSn8
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Not once.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELmomXlq0P
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And the people… just watched.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZdpKJgQ4m
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Not outrage. Not horror.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYzlHcPS9N
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Just detached curiosity.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YueeBH1CO
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMLI6pQAe7
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauGYmv72J3
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWRDIk5ssn
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Mt3B6N5M3
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Blue. Cold. Still.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHtykvNiqo
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No anger. No confusion.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRFFGS6UWU
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Just that same, knowing silence.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WkWsRiNQv
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And then he turned.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SXjzTCfiu
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Walked away.167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp7zYba61G
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Leaving me there—167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLunJTUFFI
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,167Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LlcXO3BML
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wondering what kind of nightmare lets you take the blame for a murder and still somehow feel like you’re the one being executed.1234 copyright protection163ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsbXJNXudC 尼

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