When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4nhXFyiWb
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBYeXsTKsO
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr3j9HA914
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And then—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXEjYXfi7f
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it hits me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIWdDhRIux
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Not like a gentle memory montage.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2h1ZJKeGs
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More like a truck.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCubNVUQ7Tx
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGKY4MvvjW
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The Witch. The King. Me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNvqmAMdBB
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqmggYYFtv
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I know now. I know who I am.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62oeYA4zHV
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And I know what’s about to happen.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYaVM0HcPC
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06AvLG1fIP
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For killing Clara.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH3eSOAqte
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And I… I remember why.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmAW04Av2j
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I don’t even think.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEstKpI6xT
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9MJDVt9en
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt855iaEH5i
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but I don’t stop.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOQY5M3jza
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Because I can see it in my head —152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuai0Bh1SSg
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVEYmTso9O
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being dragged toward a block of stone.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlWrSZTGZO
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZWxOX7YcY
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0sX8n6f8U
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The sword’s already raised.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHbYU7EEbs
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And I just—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnCfyey47R
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scream.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4JIkyedG5
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaDttaa73z
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Everything freezes.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijxR3lubNk
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Every single head turns.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7oJ1sU8ze
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4yHOhVAFX
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JhHTxpFiD
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0PnUjtsEd
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And the boy — he just looks at me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubemp2sWFh
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ts4OtqYMx
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No confusion. No panic.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkocdKwgffS
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Just that same maddening calm.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C7QpgMU1a
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Like he knew I’d say it.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX695wcihWe
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Like this was always supposed to happen.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NJ3sBzLb3
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And standing there, heart about to burst,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDibMVrmDQ
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I realize something terrifying.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqOYIqcASm
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCnlzXNDak
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SPJy8eLeO
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPbk4Xnfym
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Then—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3A3h6Sfks
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a murmur.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuWSZX76JP
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Then another.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBk0Wzspuv
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLpdiDVSlT
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4QcccjBbk
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“How typical of royal blood.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXXppP0Eud
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscUaGbJx72
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They said it like it was tea gossip.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIizNN0cYGB
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGMcIw2y0z
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2EJx5420p
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No one moved to grab me.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSdRrTL4Ph
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwAm3TUwUu
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I just stood there.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRZgwNUxTq
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw0naGKKmg
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43VX05FzvD
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypL1I6K6NW
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His calm didn’t waver.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqrHAlFUUf
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Not once.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiRFi3Y4J0
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And the people… just watched.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5tXRxgE5v
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Not outrage. Not horror.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zwLB9Yroj
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Just detached curiosity.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLj11qsaWGH
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gY5xG1fmb
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczf7tvXcPn
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfazXymqiN0
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlYcq7C8E2
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Blue. Cold. Still.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj6Hoy4oba
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No anger. No confusion.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBL9XIX4vpk
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Just that same, knowing silence.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgei5kGTsa
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And then he turned.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4FxxSyFvJ
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Walked away.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JcI3JkZDI
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Free.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKhbAcYEhb
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Leaving me there—152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5zCTIcbmE
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsKvpAckDX
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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 protection148ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc210Z2kwN 尼

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