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I wake up choking.178Please respect copyright.PENANA0cur8J3Thr
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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.178Please respect copyright.PENANAJhEN9Xm16i
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But there’s no fire now.178Please respect copyright.PENANAGkDbrR7I9D
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Just sunlight.178Please respect copyright.PENANAAQPI1O6DPa
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Warm, quiet, golden sunlight spilling through silk curtains that don’t belong in my room.178Please respect copyright.PENANAJtanhKQPNO
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I sit up fast. My head spins.178Please respect copyright.PENANAxLGOYYBqQA
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Everything’s too… perfect. Too expensive. The air smells like lavender and something faintly metallic.178Please respect copyright.PENANAAc2oipZCw4
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Right. The palace. The festival. Clara.178Please respect copyright.PENANAWZE47zTyEm
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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.178Please respect copyright.PENANAwYcfycDmVa
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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?”178Please respect copyright.PENANAKKwNSpmMvR
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No answer. Just birds chirping outside, like the universe doesn’t care that someone got murdered last night.178Please respect copyright.PENANATQsBmztvDi
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I glance around the room again — huge, pale marble floors, carved furniture, and a mirror taller than me.178Please respect copyright.PENANAgzB71xQLSe
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A stranger’s reflection stares back — long black hair, soft white dress, bare feet.178Please respect copyright.PENANAGOFejU9qeD
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That’s not Lily. That’s Ariana.178Please respect copyright.PENANAtfMxMNNso0
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My stomach twists. “Okay,” I mutter to myself, “so this is still happening. I didn’t dream the dream. Fantastic.”178Please respect copyright.PENANALVaZFDxVnJ
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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.178Please respect copyright.PENANAfuYQUfWf3z
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Somewhere outside, a bell rings. Footsteps echo down the corridor. Servants. Life going on like nothing happened.178Please respect copyright.PENANAo0KYieRfMd
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I whisper, “Clara’s dead. And I’m still here.”178Please respect copyright.PENANA4A7mNyLszf
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The words taste wrong. Bitter.178Please respect copyright.PENANAHJOfb2vVDp
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Then a colder thought creeps in — slow, dangerous.178Please respect copyright.PENANA74HGlJGm9z
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That boy.178Please respect copyright.PENANAWRqc7cdsKQ
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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.178Please respect copyright.PENANAioppaccDah
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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?”178Please respect copyright.PENANAamOrtwEfvJ
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Silence. Only my heartbeat answers back.178Please respect copyright.PENANAxH5LqLsuDR
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I fall back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.178Please respect copyright.PENANAyT0kb7xP0B
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My throat feels dry, my brain a mess of too many questions and zero logic.178Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZVBYJltsq
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> "My hands are clean. My hands are clean. So why do they still feel bloody?"
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