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I wake up choking.183Please respect copyright.PENANAYD4flIUAoV
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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.183Please respect copyright.PENANAdo7P5FYvEv
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But there’s no fire now.183Please respect copyright.PENANAZOIya3Qdzo
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Just sunlight.183Please respect copyright.PENANAJJHJaHw302
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Warm, quiet, golden sunlight spilling through silk curtains that don’t belong in my room.183Please respect copyright.PENANAv1FvuN2wQz
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I sit up fast. My head spins.183Please respect copyright.PENANAtotB69CtQc
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Everything’s too… perfect. Too expensive. The air smells like lavender and something faintly metallic.183Please respect copyright.PENANAe0hrR3znHL
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Right. The palace. The festival. Clara.183Please respect copyright.PENANAk303LJsfCV
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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.183Please respect copyright.PENANA8QjmCib8Jy
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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?”183Please respect copyright.PENANAkXvQcJ3aXg
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No answer. Just birds chirping outside, like the universe doesn’t care that someone got murdered last night.183Please respect copyright.PENANAqTtwqIV4yV
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I glance around the room again — huge, pale marble floors, carved furniture, and a mirror taller than me.183Please respect copyright.PENANA6R7NRlZmgV
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A stranger’s reflection stares back — long black hair, soft white dress, bare feet.183Please respect copyright.PENANAMaqfmNIutb
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That’s not Lily. That’s Ariana.183Please respect copyright.PENANAXiW3ttMHzL
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My stomach twists. “Okay,” I mutter to myself, “so this is still happening. I didn’t dream the dream. Fantastic.”183Please respect copyright.PENANAX4Qs2oQFSY
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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.183Please respect copyright.PENANAgmzp8L40ht
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Somewhere outside, a bell rings. Footsteps echo down the corridor. Servants. Life going on like nothing happened.183Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8rX8gVl7T
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I whisper, “Clara’s dead. And I’m still here.”183Please respect copyright.PENANAWzOMROwpTa
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The words taste wrong. Bitter.183Please respect copyright.PENANAsYIA5yh3d1
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Then a colder thought creeps in — slow, dangerous.183Please respect copyright.PENANAKtR3Ime8L6
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That boy.183Please respect copyright.PENANAaoapNqngkB
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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.183Please respect copyright.PENANAqPeMY1VjY7
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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?”183Please respect copyright.PENANAlimKdAtlin
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Silence. Only my heartbeat answers back.183Please respect copyright.PENANAAFSGKDzHmK
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I fall back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.183Please respect copyright.PENANAi4aoipwAT0
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My throat feels dry, my brain a mess of too many questions and zero logic.183Please respect copyright.PENANAnINoa16XKz
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> "My hands are clean. My hands are clean. So why do they still feel bloody?"
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