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Fire.153Please respect copyright.PENANAqqG7Lav6jF
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.153Please respect copyright.PENANAYUago3xGsI
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.153Please respect copyright.PENANA4mxQt5uxZo
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.153Please respect copyright.PENANAbhd3w6Jfgz
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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.153Please respect copyright.PENANAJSEZceZyPX
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.153Please respect copyright.PENANAduDCvaZici
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And then I see her.153Please respect copyright.PENANAXwG9g6V8BY
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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.153Please respect copyright.PENANAE0FHdL6btM
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”153Please respect copyright.PENANAh4CLPEigeI
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.153Please respect copyright.PENANAymHTwehQy7
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.153Please respect copyright.PENANAdLlBQEI6lG
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAh296SneJmu
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.153Please respect copyright.PENANA226bDOM4M6
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Then — footsteps.153Please respect copyright.PENANAHvYGHfCH5v
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Slow, echoing, steady.153Please respect copyright.PENANAYT7swxddZm
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Every instinct in me freezes.153Please respect copyright.PENANABgGJYyFL5M
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I turn.153Please respect copyright.PENANASS1YFrYHbN
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.153Please respect copyright.PENANAetZpYhM5Et
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.153Please respect copyright.PENANAq01xiB3Fvu
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He looks straight at me.153Please respect copyright.PENANAsr4v0xfFXh
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.153Please respect copyright.PENANAPKM499fkTM
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.153Please respect copyright.PENANAR34qMCyqiD
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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!”153Please respect copyright.PENANApDieQjpNBU
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”153Please respect copyright.PENANAYmAtl5U6d4
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”153Please respect copyright.PENANAR3ym0NktG0
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.153Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZH1MM3czh
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“You mean the princess?”153Please respect copyright.PENANACd00Gvc1et
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”153Please respect copyright.PENANA6vwygulO0b
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAIEG0oyRv5Q
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I freeze.153Please respect copyright.PENANAyKV4LteE75
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“What?”153Please respect copyright.PENANAkx1Fmkeqsd
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAljND9EB7z2
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”153Please respect copyright.PENANAqbmSb99cGh
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.153Please respect copyright.PENANAYBiZO0iZev
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“Yes, you do.”153Please respect copyright.PENANA0jWsdNs7AS
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.153Please respect copyright.PENANA4MIeFrlF77
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.153Please respect copyright.PENANAkIhxdEEzkP
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”153Please respect copyright.PENANAVEenpLDeC6
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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.153Please respect copyright.PENANAMeWfW9Kn7l
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The sound fades. The light slows.153Please respect copyright.PENANA0uiMrSkAS5
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I can’t move. Can’t think.153Please respect copyright.PENANABwmB14gflA
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.153Please respect copyright.PENANAoSxvIY6TsF
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.153Please respect copyright.PENANAsKS8xZstRf
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,153Please respect copyright.PENANAP0IBnzooGb
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAdemCPkPLMX
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—153Please respect copyright.PENANAq1ch7JsacF
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Everything collapses.153Please respect copyright.PENANAlBvqgiSvP7
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The fire fades.153Please respect copyright.PENANAMfc6NCIFAP
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And I’m gone.
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