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Fire.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKk5EZgj0o
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlsA6LY194
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmg154ptGt
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3rd571LY6
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkU3Z9aTph
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06clsH9WlC
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And then I see her.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncR4Rnxj3k
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDjOfzRocM
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuhg3JSsuC
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1O2CXno9SB
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KafdPkg4i
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeVP4wHexN
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZGrriSyH3
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Then — footsteps.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLlidEvzPg
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Slow, echoing, steady.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1fiRQ65na
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Every instinct in me freezes.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhm6c2HS1E
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I turn.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklELuOcEax
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CmWeodOWy
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzOqa7Mym1
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He looks straight at me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9naPxqjie
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPa0mAhMvZE
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLla2xRweE3
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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!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa9EQSwVHk
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKS6YbthO6
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CtxrkIV9Y
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNVeDxnCcf
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“You mean the princess?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JtQ4B0NqE
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNkEuoloQI
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0qJelVEEk
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I freeze.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSZyUA51gV
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“What?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKZGuR8mfN
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKnMOG3Nov
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJrV6qHtHv
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAokCr0crj4
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“Yes, you do.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWpSjP1gAR
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIQGvn55bg
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqPIfKYuxZ
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexyR1Ey8Kb
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ8FYLOfil
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The sound fades. The light slows.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9SgKj7usF
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I can’t move. Can’t think.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC71TrwIJx
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ipG0s2FBU
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHO12iT5fho
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTSkitIkm3
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftDETzMr9s
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXdcfiGzid
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Everything collapses.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJR9rUkmx2
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The fire fades.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfFSvPyL4l
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