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Fire.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1iNityC4x
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Fzpg1DxPa
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj48KD2nt3y
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6fh8UuvcD
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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.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEp02ZbTPf
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9ANIngBtB
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And then I see her.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgxo0uXWhl
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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.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bcGIdhFqO
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6vCpfxzo8
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKid56XQ7U
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojPa8zq7L7
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhfSRZCpE8
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvYYGFVGeM
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Then — footsteps.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKiRB12SKF
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Slow, echoing, steady.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4B1PMQ4WI3
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Every instinct in me freezes.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dTQzHrDvE
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I turn.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu1ZeAuDhb
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIZSbPQ3Wh
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWCQioAoMW
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He looks straight at me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHu3QOBiXQl
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlAK6LbJDW
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisU3Lvt8YG
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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!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjFcvCWXJj
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAuZpJQ8Px
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa1K31ziDI
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSoDxwVNEL
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“You mean the princess?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1VYklJFoT
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEciZozyMF
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI46JtxRMa
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I freeze.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBUPDc8qLp
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“What?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZGIzRBBaI
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzg29jCDgI
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9izQaFyb8j
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYldFJEVi8X
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“Yes, you do.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LzNfCTDLa
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrMkXE2md1
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSPYVxZoNo
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhKAlNutND
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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.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs7XfPh2RJ
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The sound fades. The light slows.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCyKBrxnLW
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I can’t move. Can’t think.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64UjaeeryR
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdKE5mjPMA
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9mof2yc5p
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihhgqhfFh3
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6HurtqPYV
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjMwMrIqXR
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Everything collapses.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTZsfadeZV
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