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Fire.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI8Gsf25uj
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQu6LBqLlc
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZUYO42iu3
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB1INDO7RV
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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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGKQXZBAxU
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoGEbUmYcb
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And then I see her.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOfNnbsgHH
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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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIIKrZDvdv
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYRYqFbpg3
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUn51NlR1u
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusyRhZrX9D
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjBX8LXLEW
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDzMaCzuRF
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Then — footsteps.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBIYELQzcP
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Slow, echoing, steady.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecpbRONFJM
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Every instinct in me freezes.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡityD9jclCO
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I turn.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcrmLTyfDi
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtOmRLpgUx
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv40gsQXtP
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He looks straight at me.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJc2TvHvVk
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JEsu09kAN
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2och0RDrB
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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!”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T2DA276zy
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfI09COjKB
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcRsHri0VZ
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeEr5T17ed
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“You mean the princess?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTssoeZUx96
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcCkpeJAzh
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPMWr7bS2G
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I freeze.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHapd5odnqL
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“What?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo0nnO95f9
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgnlWknorT
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8lUXpRRhL
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnBBMxJSMG
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“Yes, you do.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7moQ100se
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszGs3mYhx1
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkehxtyPUDw
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3j0tDnIN9
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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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSjwvl5N0z
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The sound fades. The light slows.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbGMxQRCcr
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I can’t move. Can’t think.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lxyPRzZxD
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkspujPdEw
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yBuoMgwIJ
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquB0B1bQOr
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0nwnYIcCn
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpcCIEIteu
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Everything collapses.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0l9QLYLb2
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