When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZg6fJVzrWG
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ9eVhid4X
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAVIx0gUOJ
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it hits me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH5B8JMYGE
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Not like a gentle memory montage.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr38QAgOr7n
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More like a truck.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGoY0rdoBE
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT76r74QBQc
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The Witch. The King. Me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u1gcINzPm
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXt1RiJ04s
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I know now. I know who I am.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsjrY4Sauo
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And I know what’s about to happen.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6SqvUn1og
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ0C1fui3j
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For killing Clara.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhCOTbW3vW
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And I… I remember why.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjSQewU2Vl
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I don’t even think.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eqDpqZSZr
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn7JQtUOdz
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nXW8MpY9d
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but I don’t stop.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHdf8oEQu6
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Because I can see it in my head —153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXn2vtemMr
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsiR966QBj
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being dragged toward a block of stone.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaYnhUoXaL
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPOFuVrGPo
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAxJdQxlqy
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The sword’s already raised.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoAaQOdT9Q
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And I just—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa38dnikp2
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scream.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFStQBkNe5w
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9Qzgc0lpW
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Everything freezes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVfsCekMZe
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Every single head turns.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFC451udd5
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBK9IfZTh6
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlrDxT4dyP
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI4Uc8qyFv
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And the boy — he just looks at me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnAG1lpLWS
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7uhxd5Uwi
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No confusion. No panic.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBMUXoVOMo
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Just that same maddening calm.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeKxXfThTp
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Like he knew I’d say it.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeqbvNY4J3
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Like this was always supposed to happen.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdU8BFx3oA
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And standing there, heart about to burst,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPke1QzEgjJ
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I realize something terrifying.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrz2j5Th4ZH
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jxz59p9tj
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQlnQQs83H
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP02GdwwhGf
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Then—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKy2tMAG2A
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a murmur.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojzxEWvwjw
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Then another.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwCqEwyJPN
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLpaE78V75
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3FrxADvyS
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“How typical of royal blood.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk6gUpoldL
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhkrajDHg0
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They said it like it was tea gossip.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzR77arRCV
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3ZSnKnlNp
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyJt5bvIEO
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No one moved to grab me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hUM5awHM4
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTjaUvT3Yi
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I just stood there.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDV1boGlx8
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeE0jtHLa81
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVXk7PTx7L
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVg4CiLueL
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His calm didn’t waver.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBe5oEY19w
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Not once.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzl549274M
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And the people… just watched.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAZKUk06vG
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Not outrage. Not horror.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT8j7jXUoY
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Just detached curiosity.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEUd5fOg4h
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6zkbfZUDs
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl07db3Mma
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZm8n99PZek
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyEMxFMddI
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Blue. Cold. Still.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY570xkLmh
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No anger. No confusion.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqLkuC5HOu
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Just that same, knowing silence.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cDUNTTlfG
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And then he turned.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wpodyD4Ci
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Walked away.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLOXG7vH3c
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Leaving me there—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22DcPYEcfK
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7rVym2DEJ
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