Somewhere in the dark — or maybe in time itself — a voice whispers:64Please respect copyright.PENANAFqgz2IsGx2
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“Remember.”64Please respect copyright.PENANAIEcSkcvqZD
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The word rips through the silence like a thread snapping.64Please respect copyright.PENANAd1infHYUJ8
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I gasp, and the world reforms around me — but it’s not my world.64Please respect copyright.PENANAVd3sbsIn65
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It’s older. Sharper. Too vivid to be a dream.64Please respect copyright.PENANAtebVXv6kvZ
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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.64Please respect copyright.PENANAmaQZg3TlDp
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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.64Please respect copyright.PENANAqTgXkbyM2S
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Then I see her in the mirror across the wall.64Please respect copyright.PENANA2gR7AwHeUW
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The Witch of Darkness.64Please respect copyright.PENANAsCJmsRFHoG
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Eyes glowing faint violet, expression calm, unreadable.64Please respect copyright.PENANAweUrG3EZjk
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And somehow, I already know—64Please respect copyright.PENANAvEcEwmzVci
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that’s me.64Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ul2xhTwcw
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Music swells behind me. A celebration. Laughter thick enough to choke on.64Please respect copyright.PENANAUZpdNvsygW
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The Demon King’s court.64Please respect copyright.PENANABA854Wnqhx
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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.64Please respect copyright.PENANAWZqlIV12Ui
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And beside him…64Please respect copyright.PENANArD48vF2kWz
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Her.64Please respect copyright.PENANA0WalpSJNiC
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The sister.64Please respect copyright.PENANA6I5jZx1pXG
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She’s draped in white silk, wearing a crown of silver thorns. Every smile she gives is sugar-laced poison.64Please respect copyright.PENANAt7f9mPzUqF
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And when she turns her head — when her eyes meet mine — the world inside me stops.64Please respect copyright.PENANAGNr8KTlc6a
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Because she looks exactly like Clara.64Please respect copyright.PENANAXTMrKtqdtN
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Same smile. Same eyes.64Please respect copyright.PENANA06QLdBg7oM
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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.64Please respect copyright.PENANAeSGMa1Uu2j
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She’s the one who started it all.64Please respect copyright.PENANAo9wtDvoYd9
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The sister who asked for the throne “for just one week.”64Please respect copyright.PENANAFRl6RNAFZd
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The one who betrayed her brother and began the war between humans and demons.64Please respect copyright.PENANAty4ZFrRTet
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The one who destroyed everything.64Please respect copyright.PENANAPCNIoZ8CsK
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The Witch’s memories crawl through me, cold and unstoppable.64Please respect copyright.PENANAV6gbEIvIUP
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Her voice whispers inside my head — not as an echo, but as something alive:64Please respect copyright.PENANAJInlswDNxA
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“This is where it begins.”64Please respect copyright.PENANAnSQL59uAEx
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The music around me fades. The smiles turn to glass.64Please respect copyright.PENANAPKuXmp3mDS
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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.64Please respect copyright.PENANALtzjz6ZVLY
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> “Just for a week,” she says, all sweet and innocent. “Let me see what it feels like to rule.”64Please respect copyright.PENANAqnf9TpQoaj
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And the Demon King — poor guy — actually agrees.64Please respect copyright.PENANA0thK3E6BnL
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Hands her the scepter like it’s some friendship bracelet.64Please respect copyright.PENANAIJBEEzS5eM
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And the moment her fingers touch it, everything changes.64Please respect copyright.PENANAaEdHeYGtlC
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The shadows twist.64Please respect copyright.PENANAHttgS017em
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Guards drop to their knees.64Please respect copyright.PENANA2i7HMUr69o
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And the air? It suddenly feels like breathing in lightning.64Please respect copyright.PENANANxn5YWq8Js
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Then the commands start.64Please respect copyright.PENANAFLnMrLn12X
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Cities burn. Screams fill the air. Demons, humans—everyone’s killing everyone.64Please respect copyright.PENANAXtAWiClX2F
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And she’s smiling.64Please respect copyright.PENANAFT8lSnem78
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> “I can do better than he ever did,” she whispers. “I’ll rebuild this world in my name.”64Please respect copyright.PENANAVxFWaz8s02
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God. I can almost feel the Witch’s—my—hands shaking.64Please respect copyright.PENANAYiEpT4FiBT
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Begging. Fighting. Failing.64Please respect copyright.PENANAEatHMldu2R
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And when it’s all over, three bodies fall — the Demon King, the Witch, and the sister.64Please respect copyright.PENANApL1SI4HehM
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And just before the world turns black, I catch one last look at her face.64Please respect copyright.PENANAkNK7Sh8lsY
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Clara’s face.64Please respect copyright.PENANAWpL1K9PI9D
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Smiling through the flames like she enjoyed every second.
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