11th November, 1826 BCE166Please respect copyright.PENANAXeqeXaITGV
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Fire.166Please respect copyright.PENANA0xbBsi4Z4y
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.166Please respect copyright.PENANASH1Gh8D6xu
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.166Please respect copyright.PENANA9xlNdHJMTP
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.166Please respect copyright.PENANAMDvnO6P3Q0
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“What— what the hell— why am I—?!” I choke on the words, waving smoke from my face like that’s gonna help.166Please respect copyright.PENANAbfhoBGPMTC
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.166Please respect copyright.PENANAlcMssE5bRu
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And then I see her.166Please respect copyright.PENANAXemto2kTPB
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A woman, sprawled on the marble floor — skin pale, eyes shut, too still. Her hand is stretched out like she was reaching for someone who never came.166Please respect copyright.PENANAEWyh7olxxY
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”166Please respect copyright.PENANAOX3lETPVfx
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.166Please respect copyright.PENANAcrYM2z3DIS
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.166Please respect copyright.PENANAAstzZmGxFT
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”166Please respect copyright.PENANAKsP3VgcPqE
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.166Please respect copyright.PENANAXILNC2QHSO
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Then — footsteps.166Please respect copyright.PENANAuOWxxnFzlw
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Slow, echoing, steady.166Please respect copyright.PENANAA2gg7KjlNw
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Every instinct in me freezes.166Please respect copyright.PENANAT97EHaRjPN
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I turn.166Please respect copyright.PENANAApnj6Syh31
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.166Please respect copyright.PENANATlw7kp69kB
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.166Please respect copyright.PENANAUnPcCXYHVW
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He looks straight at me.166Please respect copyright.PENANAxvAeKYpMxk
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.166Please respect copyright.PENANA2IKDfjIqTA
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.166Please respect copyright.PENANAPk5olX73su
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“You—!” My voice cracks, too high, too fast. “You killed Clara! You— you stabbed her! Don’t you dare act innocent!”166Please respect copyright.PENANAPNo3yXva7y
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”166Please respect copyright.PENANAWuInt2JFOf
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”166Please respect copyright.PENANA7yadrpgNCN
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.166Please respect copyright.PENANA3e4Ckj4y1M
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“You mean the princess?”166Please respect copyright.PENANAtt0i3kUHTZ
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”166Please respect copyright.PENANAPr5fP5KgeK
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”166Please respect copyright.PENANAmsikw5z4Rq
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I freeze.166Please respect copyright.PENANAbHn70l3lm8
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“What?”166Please respect copyright.PENANA53tJtQDyMY
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”166Please respect copyright.PENANAJb34B3tezG
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”166Please respect copyright.PENANAP8Gp2Vb8w1
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.166Please respect copyright.PENANAjR6mkGnWjb
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“Yes, you do.”166Please respect copyright.PENANAtS8dTf4JxM
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.166Please respect copyright.PENANA3HhOKDLShe
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.166Please respect copyright.PENANA4VInJ9xwvU
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”166Please respect copyright.PENANAX3Dff7NVVp
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He doesn’t answer. He just looks at me, those blue eyes cutting right through the smoke — and it’s like the world stops breathing.166Please respect copyright.PENANAdoOZKJkFU1
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The sound fades. The light slows.166Please respect copyright.PENANACrocZXfV3s
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I can’t move. Can’t think.166Please respect copyright.PENANAuhTmVOObcS
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.166Please respect copyright.PENANA8wfR19qOej
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.166Please respect copyright.PENANA2iHBapHYFA
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,166Please respect copyright.PENANAWF7VpgDJqh
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”166Please respect copyright.PENANAJjVJ7rjJ1u
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—166Please respect copyright.PENANAuSZ7uf7TXr
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Everything collapses.166Please respect copyright.PENANAgQw6QIpNHZ
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The fire fades.166Please respect copyright.PENANA4x6f5SGXDi
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And I’m gone.
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