When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.153Please respect copyright.PENANA8melR4PC5h
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.153Please respect copyright.PENANA6zS7jkLO3x
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.153Please respect copyright.PENANA3a8Lk7DPFJ
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And then—153Please respect copyright.PENANAD4Y9RGnrin
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it hits me.153Please respect copyright.PENANACTX3lsIpdQ
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Not like a gentle memory montage.153Please respect copyright.PENANAXVy6ihhOG0
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More like a truck.153Please respect copyright.PENANAHazmJXIZxc
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.153Please respect copyright.PENANAuAgGCWFiKe
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The Witch. The King. Me.153Please respect copyright.PENANAml7waFwcW1
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.153Please respect copyright.PENANAc68Oi9uzEP
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I know now. I know who I am.153Please respect copyright.PENANA0VRYyQnRMv
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And I know what’s about to happen.153Please respect copyright.PENANARmPeMx7hIs
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.153Please respect copyright.PENANA6OUFuNbRHp
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For killing Clara.153Please respect copyright.PENANAbNlfQ5reMN
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And I… I remember why.153Please respect copyright.PENANA9VyawACfSJ
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I don’t even think.153Please respect copyright.PENANANat1Ml6wGO
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.153Please respect copyright.PENANAkvHagCtJ4E
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —153Please respect copyright.PENANACTAmcwuGTu
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but I don’t stop.153Please respect copyright.PENANA8vfuQZ8hi8
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Because I can see it in my head —153Please respect copyright.PENANAoky459rcCx
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,153Please respect copyright.PENANACnH3QfLYGs
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being dragged toward a block of stone.153Please respect copyright.PENANAzbWLly6cci
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.153Please respect copyright.PENANAOeTM3kOZ9y
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.153Please respect copyright.PENANAOY8Fl4M22S
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The sword’s already raised.153Please respect copyright.PENANASolwX6rJoy
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And I just—153Please respect copyright.PENANAWilM0kyh4D
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scream.153Please respect copyright.PENANAgejDbnEu4p
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”153Please respect copyright.PENANAZJBuJqoxFH
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Everything freezes.153Please respect copyright.PENANARIjhbogxOw
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Every single head turns.153Please respect copyright.PENANAOmmwLJVXI8
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.153Please respect copyright.PENANAAglt93aEVa
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”153Please respect copyright.PENANAcMsa4xUWsc
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.153Please respect copyright.PENANAI0fXKmbL2X
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And the boy — he just looks at me.153Please respect copyright.PENANADCgOlSgijP
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.153Please respect copyright.PENANAsxVsqmiZuq
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No confusion. No panic.153Please respect copyright.PENANASSo7V9zzKO
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Just that same maddening calm.153Please respect copyright.PENANA5tcsPu1j6v
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Like he knew I’d say it.153Please respect copyright.PENANAo7nvVYb2Vz
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Like this was always supposed to happen.153Please respect copyright.PENANA6DUf7YCuB8
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And standing there, heart about to burst,153Please respect copyright.PENANAR5wCq5rax9
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I realize something terrifying.153Please respect copyright.PENANAk7QoLNWvLq
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.153Please respect copyright.PENANAgtDDKrAple
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.153Please respect copyright.PENANA6imutuyG1R
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The silence that followed my scream was so sharp, I could hear my own heartbeat trying to crawl out of my chest.153Please respect copyright.PENANAcHSjef3Kmj
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Then—153Please respect copyright.PENANA93WoyqHIEN
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a murmur.153Please respect copyright.PENANAjHC4FEKaW3
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Then another.153Please respect copyright.PENANAt8rHbBNpgA
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.153Please respect copyright.PENANA6c8kHPUtF1
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”153Please respect copyright.PENANA5dNolU0s3B
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“How typical of royal blood.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAsddrvpzNAa
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”153Please respect copyright.PENANApAb4XsUb0B
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They said it like it was tea gossip.153Please respect copyright.PENANA2t15ho8aZs
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.153Please respect copyright.PENANAsZUUFl2f1I
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.153Please respect copyright.PENANAaWTVo0yRPX
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No one moved to grab me.153Please respect copyright.PENANAUFVKMGicMQ
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.153Please respect copyright.PENANAa5AgVraZW6
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I just stood there.153Please respect copyright.PENANAL85DJcrJkK
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.153Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ym6O2ooTL
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.153Please respect copyright.PENANA82blw3RDtD
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.153Please respect copyright.PENANAKNTvLewltq
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His calm didn’t waver.153Please respect copyright.PENANAgWmaWg49OR
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Not once.153Please respect copyright.PENANAHwHkb9P2C4
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And the people… just watched.153Please respect copyright.PENANAfE1sja7bXV
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Not outrage. Not horror.153Please respect copyright.PENANAcUOnDMfmkL
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Just detached curiosity.153Please respect copyright.PENANAwCAtAuDYn3
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.153Please respect copyright.PENANAC0VaJaoqjf
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.153Please respect copyright.PENANA6meTowtu0S
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAF5q0ZGRv3X
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.153Please respect copyright.PENANAgfLskYrZEe
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Blue. Cold. Still.153Please respect copyright.PENANABXnNc4as1s
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No anger. No confusion.153Please respect copyright.PENANAPH5dZvS5hL
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Just that same, knowing silence.153Please respect copyright.PENANAjSMGAapPQX
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And then he turned.153Please respect copyright.PENANApUdVJueoqx
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Walked away.153Please respect copyright.PENANA3BGj2AN6d7
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Free.153Please respect copyright.PENANATlQDuHP0S3
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Leaving me there—153Please respect copyright.PENANAFxGU4hXRyS
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,153Please respect copyright.PENANA50IcqngEs6
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wondering what kind of nightmare lets you take the blame for a murder and still somehow feel like you’re the one being executed.
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