Somewhere in the dark — or maybe in time itself — a voice whispers:149Please respect copyright.PENANAaz3admxf6Z
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“Remember.”149Please respect copyright.PENANAMFrc3LhMV6
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The word rips through the silence like a thread snapping.149Please respect copyright.PENANAFND8WcmoZK
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I gasp, and the world reforms around me — but it’s not my world.149Please respect copyright.PENANAIkrC26WFqc
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It’s older. Sharper. Too vivid to be a dream.149Please respect copyright.PENANAJuv2McmxXG
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I’m standing in a hall carved from black stone, tall and cruelly beautiful. The torches burn blue, their light reflecting on the polished marble like liquid shadow. Every surface hums faintly, like it remembers every scream it’s ever heard.149Please respect copyright.PENANAVKq8NSPApF
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I look down. Black velvet sleeves. Pale hands. Power pulsing faintly under my skin — magic, dark and alive, like something that’s been waiting for centuries to breathe again.149Please respect copyright.PENANACUbXKwl82H
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Then I see her in the mirror across the wall.149Please respect copyright.PENANAXTUI69fbPX
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The Witch of Darkness.149Please respect copyright.PENANAFJU0Ms9o0n
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Eyes glowing faint violet, expression calm, unreadable.149Please respect copyright.PENANAACpo0PaTli
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And somehow, I already know—149Please respect copyright.PENANA9WSNhaCAh3
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that’s me.149Please respect copyright.PENANADm4idysdUs
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Music swells behind me. A celebration. Laughter thick enough to choke on.149Please respect copyright.PENANAHtPuiIjYr9
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The Demon King’s court.149Please respect copyright.PENANAEbfCjemhlR
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Demons in gold and obsidian toast with crystal goblets, their voices echoing in the endless chamber. At the throne sits him — golden hair, piercing blue eyes that could silence anyone with a glance. His smile isn’t warm, but it’s real. Regal. Powerful. The kind of presence that makes even shadows kneel.149Please respect copyright.PENANAJO3SmwJYns
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And beside him…149Please respect copyright.PENANAJYN1bTVOXx
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Her.149Please respect copyright.PENANA23GRn8jDVf
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The sister.149Please respect copyright.PENANAltWMRc9ZxC
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She’s draped in white silk, wearing a crown of silver thorns. Every smile she gives is sugar-laced poison.149Please respect copyright.PENANADxIzYxCE4e
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And when she turns her head — when her eyes meet mine — the world inside me stops.149Please respect copyright.PENANAQDm9flIWSm
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Because she looks exactly like Clara.149Please respect copyright.PENANAKlQS9oETVs
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Same smile. Same eyes.149Please respect copyright.PENANA90yz34ETVY
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That soft, innocent face pretending to belong to someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly — except I know the truth. I can feel it burning in the back of my mind.149Please respect copyright.PENANAtkk3l4xc6a
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She’s the one who started it all.149Please respect copyright.PENANA5EdsSZyO8X
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The sister who asked for the throne “for just one week.”149Please respect copyright.PENANA99OdZ2nixp
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The one who betrayed her brother and began the war between humans and demons.149Please respect copyright.PENANAJHXoUFmsen
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The one who destroyed everything.149Please respect copyright.PENANAXqEDnwBZ6K
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The Witch’s memories crawl through me, cold and unstoppable.149Please respect copyright.PENANAd0VWJW6Vyq
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Her voice whispers inside my head — not as an echo, but as something alive:149Please respect copyright.PENANAaydwEV1ldU
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“This is where it begins.”149Please respect copyright.PENANAs0I2N25uCo
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The music around me fades. The smiles turn to glass.149Please respect copyright.PENANAOcIphtsdSn
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The sister leans close to the Demon King, her laughter soft and sweet — but behind her back, a shadow starts to take form.149Please respect copyright.PENANAo4rNy2TEu8
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> “Just for a week,” she says, all sweet and innocent. “Let me see what it feels like to rule.”149Please respect copyright.PENANAwPoItNkrLd
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And the Demon King — poor guy — actually agrees.149Please respect copyright.PENANAslRD0MKgw0
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Hands her the scepter like it’s some friendship bracelet.149Please respect copyright.PENANAtGjtUxwEmJ
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And the moment her fingers touch it, everything changes.149Please respect copyright.PENANALe28gabdlE
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The shadows twist.149Please respect copyright.PENANAK4nRRUzYVB
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Guards drop to their knees.149Please respect copyright.PENANAFE3azpOLj4
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And the air? It suddenly feels like breathing in lightning.149Please respect copyright.PENANAYbne4AUvEa
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Then the commands start.149Please respect copyright.PENANAegrs1JYAqB
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Cities burn. Screams fill the air. Demons, humans—everyone’s killing everyone.149Please respect copyright.PENANAivcXiC6EKV
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And she’s smiling.149Please respect copyright.PENANA7eRICHuQGM
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> “I can do better than he ever did,” she whispers. “I’ll rebuild this world in my name.”149Please respect copyright.PENANAo3uMYPtTT9
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God. I can almost feel the Witch’s—my—hands shaking.149Please respect copyright.PENANAyrtML1fkSy
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Begging. Fighting. Failing.149Please respect copyright.PENANA78OOVSJypv
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And when it’s all over, three bodies fall — the Demon King, the Witch, and the sister.149Please respect copyright.PENANAa83m0qO8ZH
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And just before the world turns black, I catch one last look at her face.149Please respect copyright.PENANA9pY0R2VSL1
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Clara’s face.149Please respect copyright.PENANAhF1ZKHd4Tg
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Smiling through the flames like she enjoyed every second.
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