19th September, 1829 BCE 162Please respect copyright.PENANAzVlAbtITOC
162Please respect copyright.PENANAQQY5wTWf7f
162Please respect copyright.PENANACUrQwxYdSJ
I wake up choking.162Please respect copyright.PENANADhu1oli3Jb
162Please respect copyright.PENANAamgqgY0UUl
162Please respect copyright.PENANAgHqGBzVPd0
My lungs burn like I’ve been breathing smoke all night. Sweat sticks to my skin, the sheets tangled around me like ropes. For one second, I almost expect to see fire again — those flames crawling up the palace walls, that boy’s cold blue eyes staring through them.162Please respect copyright.PENANAPRGE14e647
162Please respect copyright.PENANANiPefOsrd1
162Please respect copyright.PENANAaserbfXqBv
But there’s no fire now.162Please respect copyright.PENANADcnnr4Atjz
162Please respect copyright.PENANA9SRnbe9132
Just sunlight.162Please respect copyright.PENANAjhBuFFIK6W
162Please respect copyright.PENANAzltGergkmR
162Please respect copyright.PENANA7IFktwD2t8
Warm, quiet, golden sunlight spilling through silk curtains that don’t belong in my room.162Please respect copyright.PENANAYHVzlMSWGI
162Please respect copyright.PENANAL37bj9ybuv
162Please respect copyright.PENANAg7ICrv4t8e
I sit up fast. My head spins.162Please respect copyright.PENANAqngGdzepWp
162Please respect copyright.PENANANUL5Ilohx6
Everything’s too… perfect. Too expensive. The air smells like lavender and something faintly metallic.162Please respect copyright.PENANAuBrgjz6U9f
162Please respect copyright.PENANApK0ypm47Pv
162Please respect copyright.PENANAvlHMmWQ7Nn
Right. The palace. The festival. Clara.162Please respect copyright.PENANA3yafBro4vC
162Please respect copyright.PENANAGnjoXHX9dM
162Please respect copyright.PENANApbCFkFfKt1
The image hits me so hard I almost gag — her body on the floor, the nobles screaming, his hand, the knife. And then… me, blurting out something insane just to save him.162Please respect copyright.PENANAtJUfkSsIdz
162Please respect copyright.PENANAB3N8VLHes9
162Please respect copyright.PENANASTgcITNRyg
I drag my knees up to my chest and bury my face in them. “What the hell did I just do?”162Please respect copyright.PENANARl68SrFEhK
162Please respect copyright.PENANAaE8CXKHiR8
162Please respect copyright.PENANA9TQ9ZXiNSj
No answer. Just birds chirping outside, like the universe doesn’t care that someone got murdered last night.162Please respect copyright.PENANA9A6XluI8h2
162Please respect copyright.PENANAN3rQhiYxxR
162Please respect copyright.PENANA5xDuq8Ammp
I glance around the room again — huge, pale marble floors, carved furniture, and a mirror taller than me.162Please respect copyright.PENANApNUZLx0k7O
162Please respect copyright.PENANAj7QTmfwdoW
A stranger’s reflection stares back — long black hair, soft white dress, bare feet.162Please respect copyright.PENANAxbwtQQ2sLY
162Please respect copyright.PENANA7AkjLi5b8C
162Please respect copyright.PENANAhzkf6zVR4y
That’s not Lily. That’s Ariana.162Please respect copyright.PENANA8MawkasKSH
162Please respect copyright.PENANAz2aRdW89rd
162Please respect copyright.PENANA4zs65QKkYI
My stomach twists. “Okay,” I mutter to myself, “so this is still happening. I didn’t dream the dream. Fantastic.”162Please respect copyright.PENANADrD1aqPawX
162Please respect copyright.PENANAfzvqQCc59G
162Please respect copyright.PENANASoWjvjq7Rm
I press a hand to my forehead, trying to breathe. The air’s too heavy, like the whole room’s watching me.162Please respect copyright.PENANAfd5H7C7skY
162Please respect copyright.PENANArVlwNC74ix
162Please respect copyright.PENANAH61gUW2Y6k
Somewhere outside, a bell rings. Footsteps echo down the corridor. Servants. Life going on like nothing happened.162Please respect copyright.PENANA72fjR3FDWL
162Please respect copyright.PENANAFnCTRQkDJ3
162Please respect copyright.PENANAIW0NhzKsM8
I whisper, “Clara’s dead. And I’m still here.”162Please respect copyright.PENANAxfomlMwgZe
162Please respect copyright.PENANAYVbwohcJUU
The words taste wrong. Bitter.162Please respect copyright.PENANAhf3QPoT0gA
162Please respect copyright.PENANAOcLKhb5eRH
162Please respect copyright.PENANA5feQvyOgof
Then a colder thought creeps in — slow, dangerous.162Please respect copyright.PENANACzxQtlGd9B
162Please respect copyright.PENANA7XTEETUFHr
That boy.162Please respect copyright.PENANAI0hvwADYE8
162Please respect copyright.PENANAHIPygclNT0
162Please respect copyright.PENANAQX1IOhHmXP
I can still see his face — that blank calm, the blue in his eyes when he looked at me like he’d seen me before.162Please respect copyright.PENANAPKInE6dWog
162Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ5vRbwFDZ
162Please respect copyright.PENANA5F8xAjPwGc
I grip the blanket tighter. “Who even are you?” I mutter, voice shaking. “And why do I feel like… I know you?”162Please respect copyright.PENANATrPFLxhbla
162Please respect copyright.PENANACaRKQkE6tz
162Please respect copyright.PENANAkqWcnaUQU7
Silence. Only my heartbeat answers back.162Please respect copyright.PENANAo8i6QrPtC9
162Please respect copyright.PENANAfyDRJ44W3X
162Please respect copyright.PENANA1zY0G40mCl
I fall back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.162Please respect copyright.PENANAz6bgG54oRA
162Please respect copyright.PENANA1K2KCkWlnb
My throat feels dry, my brain a mess of too many questions and zero logic.162Please respect copyright.PENANANtxs0y3QHp
162Please respect copyright.PENANAjki0wYGyyE
162Please respect copyright.PENANApP6rqeiboR
> "My hands are clean. My hands are clean. So why do they still feel bloody?"
arrow_back
The Game Of Fate
more_vert
-
info_outline Info
-
toc Table of Contents
-
share Share
-
format_color_text Display Settings
-
exposure_plus_1 Recommend
-
Sponsor
-
report_problem Report
-
account_circle Login
Search stories, writers or societies
Continue ReadingClear All
What Others Are ReadingRefresh
X
Never miss what's happening on Penana!
The Game Of Fate
Author:
Luna
ISSUE #12
LIKES 5
READS 158
BOOKMARKS 2
campaign
Request update 0
Sponsor
Suggest Edits
Login with Facebook
or Sign up/Login to comment or bookmark! Click to load the next chapter
X
After each update request, the author will receive a notification!
smartphone100
→ Request update
X
Sponsor again
Click to login
Login first to show your name as a sponsor.
Thank you for supporting the story! :)
Please Login first.
×
Write down what you like about the story
×
Reading Theme:
Font Size:
Line Spacing:
Paragraph Spacing:
Load the next issue automatically
Reset to default
×
People Who Like This
x
Before You Publish
Please ensure your story does not contain illegal, hateful, inciting, or violence-promoting content, or any infringing, plagiarized, or spam material, and that it complies with Penana’s Terms of Use.
Penana reserves the right to remove any content that violates these rules or causes legal or community risk, and to suspend or terminate related accounts.

