Somewhere in the dark — or maybe in time itself — a voice whispers:170Please respect copyright.PENANA4V7uV4ThMg
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“Remember.”170Please respect copyright.PENANArmxY731X1B
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The word rips through the silence like a thread snapping.170Please respect copyright.PENANAWGLcfUDDPO
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I gasp, and the world reforms around me — but it’s not my world.170Please respect copyright.PENANAl2iRTILaaG
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It’s older. Sharper. Too vivid to be a dream.170Please respect copyright.PENANAEpYmbsFkBh
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I’m standing in a hall carved from black stone, tall and cruelly beautiful. The torches burn blue, their light reflecting on the polished marble like liquid shadow. Every surface hums faintly, like it remembers every scream it’s ever heard.170Please respect copyright.PENANAFabZdaDsdd
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I look down. Black velvet sleeves. Pale hands. Power pulsing faintly under my skin — magic, dark and alive, like something that’s been waiting for centuries to breathe again.170Please respect copyright.PENANA63QpL57izZ
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Then I see her in the mirror across the wall.170Please respect copyright.PENANAPYtf2Ni8eh
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The Witch of Darkness.170Please respect copyright.PENANAGZ2WLqZzYs
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Eyes glowing faint violet, expression calm, unreadable.170Please respect copyright.PENANAG7mgekEI86
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And somehow, I already know—170Please respect copyright.PENANA7SRpEX3A7i
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that’s me.170Please respect copyright.PENANA1bOKKFi61A
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Music swells behind me. A celebration. Laughter thick enough to choke on.170Please respect copyright.PENANAyKwvCbgaMJ
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The Demon King’s court.170Please respect copyright.PENANAt8RZIwxTSW
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Demons in gold and obsidian toast with crystal goblets, their voices echoing in the endless chamber. At the throne sits him — golden hair, piercing blue eyes that could silence anyone with a glance. His smile isn’t warm, but it’s real. Regal. Powerful. The kind of presence that makes even shadows kneel.170Please respect copyright.PENANAG2YUeAAw2t
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And beside him…170Please respect copyright.PENANAht7fFT1qHt
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Her.170Please respect copyright.PENANATjlnqgPJXL
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The sister.170Please respect copyright.PENANAeK2AqUawau
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She’s draped in white silk, wearing a crown of silver thorns. Every smile she gives is sugar-laced poison.170Please respect copyright.PENANAdlgksPke3I
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And when she turns her head — when her eyes meet mine — the world inside me stops.170Please respect copyright.PENANAkjnA62ZTwR
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Because she looks exactly like Clara.170Please respect copyright.PENANAl6vhJfdj40
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Same smile. Same eyes.170Please respect copyright.PENANAuqjXjAxssE
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That soft, innocent face pretending to belong to someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly — except I know the truth. I can feel it burning in the back of my mind.170Please respect copyright.PENANAn6gAswURlh
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She’s the one who started it all.170Please respect copyright.PENANAlbOfeDsBfy
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The sister who asked for the throne “for just one week.”170Please respect copyright.PENANArNStJ2x8nR
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The one who betrayed her brother and began the war between humans and demons.170Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jcemlg6jT
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The one who destroyed everything.170Please respect copyright.PENANAxCt05Tu3Zr
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The Witch’s memories crawl through me, cold and unstoppable.170Please respect copyright.PENANAED4kiornJM
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Her voice whispers inside my head — not as an echo, but as something alive:170Please respect copyright.PENANAx3ScNYcJoO
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“This is where it begins.”170Please respect copyright.PENANA6djmKwvzKa
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The music around me fades. The smiles turn to glass.170Please respect copyright.PENANAT3Fj2lkZ9O
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The sister leans close to the Demon King, her laughter soft and sweet — but behind her back, a shadow starts to take form.170Please respect copyright.PENANAxqO2GyBVGl
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> “Just for a week,” she says, all sweet and innocent. “Let me see what it feels like to rule.”170Please respect copyright.PENANAywGKIvVbZS
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And the Demon King — poor guy — actually agrees.170Please respect copyright.PENANACNb14WR1M3
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Hands her the scepter like it’s some friendship bracelet.170Please respect copyright.PENANArsFIOs862A
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And the moment her fingers touch it, everything changes.170Please respect copyright.PENANAOi5SiyX50L
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The shadows twist.170Please respect copyright.PENANAQcYgEbR8z9
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Guards drop to their knees.170Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZnYcaR7dB
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And the air? It suddenly feels like breathing in lightning.170Please respect copyright.PENANAZwOYWMDVYj
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Then the commands start.170Please respect copyright.PENANABm65tjkSM0
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Cities burn. Screams fill the air. Demons, humans—everyone’s killing everyone.170Please respect copyright.PENANAWxLYHQrkei
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And she’s smiling.170Please respect copyright.PENANACOBJA83Bhg
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> “I can do better than he ever did,” she whispers. “I’ll rebuild this world in my name.”170Please respect copyright.PENANAyDESaNde4j
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God. I can almost feel the Witch’s—my—hands shaking.170Please respect copyright.PENANALBBR6cqyFW
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Begging. Fighting. Failing.170Please respect copyright.PENANAQFWhbq3uwA
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And when it’s all over, three bodies fall — the Demon King, the Witch, and the sister.170Please respect copyright.PENANAakxqOEgaq8
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And just before the world turns black, I catch one last look at her face.170Please respect copyright.PENANAZYbAmmcA6f
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Clara’s face.170Please respect copyright.PENANAUNTfpi46BM
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Smiling through the flames like she enjoyed every second.
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