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Fire.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPqfbNjKZR
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g88RSWxiZ
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfYO6qDnnB
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KarF5XGyZ
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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.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuSARq5AC4
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0f6JASjYt
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And then I see her.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97ZWYxt9t8
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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.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYjWk52Y7D
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMQzXgxyqr
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I7nR5d7FB
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTLZCq42CJ
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBAUZj602z
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vbWL7E5kx
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Then — footsteps.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2qtAX3SQF
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Slow, echoing, steady.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVzjwIkJbb
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Every instinct in me freezes.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFaPZZvEcg
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I turn.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ7RQ44Klc
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIrFXWqF6B
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaA5avgy4v
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He looks straight at me.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqh22B9qvyK
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsEXG2zOUo
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBdpUdOe0g
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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!”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0tJ5YRTke
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XWvKiYk5h
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPDulx5SLU
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKlDOy7nNv
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“You mean the princess?”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QsB14UTKw
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uN2GzzQcO
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmlEwzkKti
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I freeze.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfOLYH0oPm
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“What?”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I2ePE5Je8
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOGudpOtqO
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEmpTkmu3A
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif54LcBnOK
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“Yes, you do.”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CMSbd07c9
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADRHX9OLTb
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBVTw9FmUW
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLjPKVIa7a
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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.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvK88MrTuHH
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The sound fades. The light slows.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xebSgxyy5
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I can’t move. Can’t think.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX1vEG6HdL
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZDFAFz2pq
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv614zAIcop
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLx8bsbVMM
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJC70plK8y
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1L869sn93
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Everything collapses.134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXTGrsdqvo
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