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I wake up choking.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzi0Pzc0K12
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My lungs burn like I’ve been breathing smoke all night. Sweat sticks to my skin, the sheets tangled around me like ropes. For one second, I almost expect to see fire again — those flames crawling up the palace walls, that boy’s cold blue eyes staring through them.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGqGFTvS4J
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But there’s no fire now.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQwsku8A5C
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Just sunlight.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyTlS8YzcH
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Warm, quiet, golden sunlight spilling through silk curtains that don’t belong in my room.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFeYHG9Nyz
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I sit up fast. My head spins.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmH2hHRYNe
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Everything’s too… perfect. Too expensive. The air smells like lavender and something faintly metallic.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA906SbLv7v
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Right. The palace. The festival. Clara.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuA7YXKl22q
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The image hits me so hard I almost gag — her body on the floor, the nobles screaming, his hand, the knife. And then… me, blurting out something insane just to save him.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOl7gk10P9
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I drag my knees up to my chest and bury my face in them. “What the hell did I just do?”179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE3QmhO2z7
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No answer. Just birds chirping outside, like the universe doesn’t care that someone got murdered last night.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NJsY33xlA
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I glance around the room again — huge, pale marble floors, carved furniture, and a mirror taller than me.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xuCflLFwo
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A stranger’s reflection stares back — long black hair, soft white dress, bare feet.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdQUrp5caI
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That’s not Lily. That’s Ariana.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl9eFdhjI3
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My stomach twists. “Okay,” I mutter to myself, “so this is still happening. I didn’t dream the dream. Fantastic.”179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBC5w0D5QW
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I press a hand to my forehead, trying to breathe. The air’s too heavy, like the whole room’s watching me.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OxmxMIK4s
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Somewhere outside, a bell rings. Footsteps echo down the corridor. Servants. Life going on like nothing happened.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPoDMCYCXW
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I whisper, “Clara’s dead. And I’m still here.”179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIe2ivLGEi
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The words taste wrong. Bitter.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwWt5guqmH
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Then a colder thought creeps in — slow, dangerous.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxA5MOMHlEx
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That boy.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkm1TOJig9
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I can still see his face — that blank calm, the blue in his eyes when he looked at me like he’d seen me before.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn5yP8J2iv
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I grip the blanket tighter. “Who even are you?” I mutter, voice shaking. “And why do I feel like… I know you?”179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvDvpA5N8P
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Silence. Only my heartbeat answers back.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdgIR1CBNP
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I fall back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpHhVVYWV4
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My throat feels dry, my brain a mess of too many questions and zero logic.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96KMH7tbJ3
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