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Fire.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkuPqiAxBh
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vjYRqruJB
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGJBedQgRn
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGFYuZoMgK
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1zz8wikmE
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8DHFGxSGu
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And then I see her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfd1y6CVAm
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaVH7yeXqb
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnIWoy0UeG
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgbqFjn2bh
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefkhTxFoFV
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBWp2ap7qH
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMqHkLhBhv
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Then — footsteps.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePlENtW6MH
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Slow, echoing, steady.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAk22RMHzu
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Every instinct in me freezes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs52pZ4V4Z9
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I turn.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL46K3x9hl
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyzgvO9lZ2
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhwfNRcwG9
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He looks straight at me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu57RSTzMWN
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GK9DGkgkQ
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGGAfaPLsy
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuu2WKXY9M
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxXCl1WPcP
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglRvlneNoe
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyqphslpCV
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“You mean the princess?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oWaQMUBoo
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhHG7yA571
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE8muxzMRx
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I freeze.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRNbLsObpM
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“What?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5GWbSUyFg
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRmsUAKYpk
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRW0dMYCnc
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ex1SD11Il
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“Yes, you do.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal6Mh1yOKf
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyL5zRq5Pv
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxZKoxbPkt
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG01B1pEIGq
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim8JXF3NuP
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The sound fades. The light slows.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63DDwuLZbY
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I can’t move. Can’t think.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtoIEZNLU5
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIHPri4KJC
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP7ihReMYR
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kfRRdN4Gc
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYNADZbPVW
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJO8B4NCxdU
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Everything collapses.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBAeHu0OXe
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