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I wake up choking.156Please respect copyright.PENANAr0kQm99OfY
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My lungs burn like I’ve been breathing smoke all night. Sweat sticks to my skin, the sheets tangled around me like ropes. For one second, I almost expect to see fire again — those flames crawling up the palace walls, that boy’s cold blue eyes staring through them.156Please respect copyright.PENANA0fHgIHOSlX
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But there’s no fire now.156Please respect copyright.PENANAsX1wxnj1pn
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Just sunlight.156Please respect copyright.PENANAWhwP9e8A1g
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Warm, quiet, golden sunlight spilling through silk curtains that don’t belong in my room.156Please respect copyright.PENANAbnzRbJjMp9
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I sit up fast. My head spins.156Please respect copyright.PENANAXa6UKvNRmi
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Everything’s too… perfect. Too expensive. The air smells like lavender and something faintly metallic.156Please respect copyright.PENANA8VhJ4i8129
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Right. The palace. The festival. Clara.156Please respect copyright.PENANADQqpoABUeM
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The image hits me so hard I almost gag — her body on the floor, the nobles screaming, his hand, the knife. And then… me, blurting out something insane just to save him.156Please respect copyright.PENANA9weHIBLf11
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I drag my knees up to my chest and bury my face in them. “What the hell did I just do?”156Please respect copyright.PENANAx4gSOL6Zq6
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No answer. Just birds chirping outside, like the universe doesn’t care that someone got murdered last night.156Please respect copyright.PENANAkbnbEJoLoa
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I glance around the room again — huge, pale marble floors, carved furniture, and a mirror taller than me.156Please respect copyright.PENANAreNet0DE6F
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A stranger’s reflection stares back — long black hair, soft white dress, bare feet.156Please respect copyright.PENANAP8GcUUKDAi
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That’s not Lily. That’s Ariana.156Please respect copyright.PENANAcIo1dKQ5dy
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My stomach twists. “Okay,” I mutter to myself, “so this is still happening. I didn’t dream the dream. Fantastic.”156Please respect copyright.PENANAdXS4GEohSu
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I press a hand to my forehead, trying to breathe. The air’s too heavy, like the whole room’s watching me.156Please respect copyright.PENANADkSIb3daUA
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Somewhere outside, a bell rings. Footsteps echo down the corridor. Servants. Life going on like nothing happened.156Please respect copyright.PENANATRb9HfDzVK
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I whisper, “Clara’s dead. And I’m still here.”156Please respect copyright.PENANAkuKX5sIwxH
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The words taste wrong. Bitter.156Please respect copyright.PENANAu1uUMyUTZN
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Then a colder thought creeps in — slow, dangerous.156Please respect copyright.PENANAztyy7WyVIT
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That boy.156Please respect copyright.PENANAuyHv4uPaOh
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I can still see his face — that blank calm, the blue in his eyes when he looked at me like he’d seen me before.156Please respect copyright.PENANAK1DTJzNikK
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I grip the blanket tighter. “Who even are you?” I mutter, voice shaking. “And why do I feel like… I know you?”156Please respect copyright.PENANAGfOtzaIobe
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Silence. Only my heartbeat answers back.156Please respect copyright.PENANA0zdApT7ged
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I fall back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.156Please respect copyright.PENANACktP7Fhj6t
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My throat feels dry, my brain a mess of too many questions and zero logic.156Please respect copyright.PENANAfsyrw5YWAW
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> "My hands are clean. My hands are clean. So why do they still feel bloody?"
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