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Fire.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUTtBzbi0Y
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFVCs3q1QQ
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsrIFz6V5o
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazYcpwU8Fh
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8toJrtPHx
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRabDP02OlN
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And then I see her.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1rArTOWfu
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAJctX3V19
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlduK6iLIv
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6q5TUKKf6
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOXoryODhq
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGYSVGfSDw
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXLXTMzFzY
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Then — footsteps.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3rSWfERbp
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Slow, echoing, steady.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP30x9PMVNi
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Every instinct in me freezes.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWe10wH58a
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I turn.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1NgUbzQdL
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuAMLMcKWi
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iPXIQdd7l
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He looks straight at me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pmNJ20bF2
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nPI9YJy5v
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOWDDlY4BW
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n6ZPJpNyX
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfczEbrEiWh
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bluxq6uS3
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN2n3xaybB
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“You mean the princess?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUU8amySoo
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiITrTWZNfL
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OLkqXAKc3
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I freeze.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXNlE4Muua
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“What?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGzzUQ8fnx
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wovBMiquZ
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvvyCaPOKw
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkgpzd4ZeX
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“Yes, you do.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXZ3XTyD6R
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQH12XpL1f
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53lF37Hnb2
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokX3I3h2Dn
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqP63NoZj4
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The sound fades. The light slows.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMb7Rczefb
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I can’t move. Can’t think.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBrNlP74Vx
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFwYtN70DJ
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeLmneP96k
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCctlGTrPN6
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HmGCrSRqd
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZ4f02vlm4
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Everything collapses.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3braHH9MnW
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