When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiujTouUfwB
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbLS61XW95
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOq3nzPSSQ
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And then—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmGR4ziYDE
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it hits me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgmCZ7v4rf
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Not like a gentle memory montage.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwPMzMGOCs
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More like a truck.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWS5sKmRF8
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM4PdVQRFU
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The Witch. The King. Me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhqn7gYUO7
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpDbCcTsad
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I know now. I know who I am.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmIK9AQuHY
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And I know what’s about to happen.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfgxYJvIG7
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtRl0rwo0v
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For killing Clara.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUJ4YY6xta
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And I… I remember why.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8wbDCPpGy
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I don’t even think.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFleBrRQjSI
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVagy9XtYeO
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYFgzFu1Yp
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but I don’t stop.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvojVHgXi8L
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Because I can see it in my head —152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk23wjKeKZH
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2iwnxqdAK
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being dragged toward a block of stone.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPnE7nB6Hd
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURMFw16gAq
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeHzx2lSSu
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The sword’s already raised.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkujEstjXXc
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And I just—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2RukAOVyJ
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scream.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKJtHH8HZx
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY060c3JbY
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Everything freezes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTS5TzX2eA
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Every single head turns.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4Glcu4jyG
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbodnL1eJw
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR65QMTVJTi
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLfTlAke9l
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And the boy — he just looks at me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4Z5RFyYQI
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT9NH1liTF
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No confusion. No panic.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfZCaMKPpO
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Just that same maddening calm.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzlAEGHsF9
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Like he knew I’d say it.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51eDl5Trna
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Like this was always supposed to happen.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxt92KA1f4
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And standing there, heart about to burst,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4hVmyDNFD
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I realize something terrifying.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2p1p59lsBn
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡML0qnA9zd8
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKPGc2cfRV
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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.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz7GpMoanN
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Then—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVii17T1GS8
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a murmur.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9Xeq8gRCJ
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Then another.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnt5ZrnLgj
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHSfDxTU2D
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCjIqRB1rr
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“How typical of royal blood.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LWxzO2qHb
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD8oET65vh
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They said it like it was tea gossip.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1u8025FG0
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OdbQdYplv
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VIR8oin8m
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No one moved to grab me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPe5HvDwiU
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XUWQSSvcF
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I just stood there.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq3yYmYfoE
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4X5nP1mdx
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJxjWm4kdG
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPdnd0Qh5m
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His calm didn’t waver.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tiG0PtzjF
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Not once.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhzwSPJ1r3
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And the people… just watched.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEBDEZRgYV
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Not outrage. Not horror.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VjT50s24x
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Just detached curiosity.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoprbQxDTX
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSVShVYrHK
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdfIivJHPW
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z9mOfDEvO
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0VyYeq1sg
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Blue. Cold. Still.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDylhSARIW
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No anger. No confusion.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvKpZubmtg
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Just that same, knowing silence.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVqD5kbfTA
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And then he turned.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtirIyDyYSl
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Walked away.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhTe0L0Igi
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Free.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PlRKGKd0B
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Leaving me there—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzHQW3SdOC
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNH4zqV7SM
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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.1234 copyright protection148ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpXZQjeu0E 尼

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