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Fire.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6666efS9L
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa68Gqgac2i
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QdWYcB0jK
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIM9DYBPJu
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdBdIKgeG0
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdE38npt9S
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And then I see her.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLbmXgUILS
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZVSNHC0Im
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnJwXVGDoQ
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPBEjSYjny
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq5DnLbn8m
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxTmWeUcKo
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMl8xLYRtXi
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Then — footsteps.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0XWSjligQ
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Slow, echoing, steady.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2HH6v8YM5
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Every instinct in me freezes.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczPuxJ6Fwf
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I turn.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqbtnyX5eX
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIx3FmTgDZ
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ4Nl17ddU
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He looks straight at me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFECWgq2wgK
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIuScBOTdc
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBSF3nSyQd
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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!”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxdCHIIl6j
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusfWReZkey
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbg5i6YlPc
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡog5A1vGEzB
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“You mean the princess?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpIeplCcMo
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoccdsBRy2Q
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GwbIBdokg
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I freeze.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMp0nJzOya
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“What?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgXXR4l8pf
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWLUuET7rd
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1lbuasM9k
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVEEwvT1Wu
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“Yes, you do.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aZVPT8jLo
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa1tYkVeTz
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBoaH2Jent
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bZCVL75aP
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kJsi6dl47
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The sound fades. The light slows.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk76H71i4w4
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I can’t move. Can’t think.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r30b6KkcV
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcmc8QWDxF
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayfnhtSdxk
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjp3QZcjoE
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRhsluhtgg
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfJphDwTP7
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Everything collapses.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9zY07JKCG
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