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Fire.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0L8FXovTNI
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZ4b0Irzyu
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI2pLItXVO
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxz4JvUvRH
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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.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXU9vgAypK
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pzsbp8rNN
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And then I see her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscGvfmZs4K
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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.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTrjJez5qc
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNOXR3RUCR
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cXRhXDfZ9
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyzO7y5Z9J
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVwIcDf0vl
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdedFRa9zra
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Then — footsteps.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IU877Xawx
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Slow, echoing, steady.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9myFRoZ0B
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Every instinct in me freezes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviCj1H0hu4
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I turn.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebmLtWMyAh
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBld8w0LoI
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWWPxKxs2A
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He looks straight at me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzmP57ZsRk
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjkZQFZGUD
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjc1lFKFme
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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!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChoCr45O9t
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvJbZIePTV
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcwZMI2wKU
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiqGFGAsO1
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“You mean the princess?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodwSmTlTt7
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURQZXBl2oJ
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW831ZMImGA
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I freeze.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrSFPGWd1x
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“What?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1R4urHmSf
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfsw6Y9jdM
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YmzwV97H1
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8lXjKC8QO
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“Yes, you do.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LgmO7ED3K
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViu2t8mRS3
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88GL8cN7Gz
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0rJ4RDzlZ
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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.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJFPSUKQFP
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The sound fades. The light slows.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAem0fWctG
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I can’t move. Can’t think.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD1l1DR74D
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJWZQ7Vjju
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIAA8wOspR
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN9mfmRtlR
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKFnysPyF7
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWjD0xfOtL
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Everything collapses.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfTEh8D2Vo
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