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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFKUecZt8W
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTSCazDy0q
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdUbaKzbBP
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“What— what the hell— why am I—?!” I choke on the words, waving smoke from my face like that’s gonna help.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQAJOGtXJZ
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBBGm4m7w4
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And then I see her.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkLcLjC0sf
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A woman, sprawled on the marble floor — skin pale, eyes shut, too still. Her hand is stretched out like she was reaching for someone who never came.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWEp06GtoJ
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6UUMlbh3m
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDthjRlEUqs
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZLDuYTQsJ
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e4eKXdLXp
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fx5kITpAV
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Then — footsteps.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZWaUiMr0r
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Slow, echoing, steady.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUCuo2KiAh
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Every instinct in me freezes.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gNKdBKwEe
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I turn.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfnTP5hWh0
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfE7iVuGAs
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsD7Y6jU1Z
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He looks straight at me.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSistyFyF9u
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fjdeyAXwX
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAT8dgKDwr
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“You—!” My voice cracks, too high, too fast. “You killed Clara! You— you stabbed her! Don’t you dare act innocent!”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkv22I1NeW
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoGId1SdHW
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXprvVwVcv
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1vpqIPX8x
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“You mean the princess?”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmu2tkWHLX
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHjrohvS0h
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolG1JAb2O5
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I freeze.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBqVz8KJOC
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“What?”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2v55PMlYv
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJZqEQhrc7
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTBXFszSH3
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMvRGSY573
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“Yes, you do.”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq5KW07f11
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUP7ESG5On
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj27xptqHvh
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiEWtGckhu
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He doesn’t answer. He just looks at me, those blue eyes cutting right through the smoke — and it’s like the world stops breathing.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWks8Eu4DT
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The sound fades. The light slows.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW9AJixSt7
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I can’t move. Can’t think.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseudE4HWMo
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniEArLrvJS
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ658ISeZJ38
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGkAc7MgvT
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OuSA4aCGo
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe72mFTTJbh
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Everything collapses.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6Sa9oXpio
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