When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM89sB1js2Q
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TuNczvjHz
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGRU7uBQST
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And then—68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcZqHmZJbu
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it hits me.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasxaIv7GKl
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Not like a gentle memory montage.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zuvyps9uR
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More like a truck.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1bFU3WVuP
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWnDSFsOjP
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The Witch. The King. Me.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jjgsQnq0I
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4F0K1dfJVm
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I know now. I know who I am.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1KkxJTXIY
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And I know what’s about to happen.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcO2ZaB31T
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2lUc4RL38
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For killing Clara.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2jOpAi6h7
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And I… I remember why.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi8IOsRHuX
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I don’t even think.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRGJcpuCIG
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3QX3vlWLA
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HToo7y0Hi
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but I don’t stop.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr16rmdOeX
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Because I can see it in my head —68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3YjChkKgv
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DdRBIRSo8
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being dragged toward a block of stone.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhnBReEvcT
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYj3QoaAAO
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe5bM3rOL0
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The sword’s already raised.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxh33yGw3sx
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And I just—68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgetReLJQTE
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scream.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRKov9MIyX
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaJYFndCZs
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Everything freezes.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Q55HU6EQR
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Every single head turns.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBw6tkJzr0
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPUdC2IShO
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwKNr4TJF7
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzAjbDpnBI
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And the boy — he just looks at me.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXX0qBYC3Y
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yfmXK7Bh2
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No confusion. No panic.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSv5GL7ajP
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Just that same maddening calm.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAqDVu7gqG
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Like he knew I’d say it.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WgukeoR8w
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Like this was always supposed to happen.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmC5dpaMtXF
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And standing there, heart about to burst,68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSb8HhKWNi
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I realize something terrifying.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKxabx7Zhq
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmhnoc6hh5
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbTrKV9TRa
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The silence that followed my scream was so sharp, I could hear my own heartbeat trying to crawl out of my chest.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg58DAKb0Qy
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Then—68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFGcRb1rU5
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a murmur.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzquRUPHk1j
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Then another.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92KeouZOaz
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH8TFkv18F
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawcoHhNKTb
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“How typical of royal blood.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThrt0chqR9
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vvdE6lqmT
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They said it like it was tea gossip.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfWK7i8dLy
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnJiwekoBX
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHVjRj6CHo
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No one moved to grab me.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcKMDPhb5n
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIjs1xfO1j
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I just stood there.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfc13yobW7
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRAs0QfqVQ
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHDnktp0l8
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6fzTROzzP
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His calm didn’t waver.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9Hhy0xOUO
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Not once.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHNaxdmrMH
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And the people… just watched.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT09U7Ltdt6
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Not outrage. Not horror.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxl44Vpxrw
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Just detached curiosity.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzm1OIFgBT
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlXZIqtXj9
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz4UWYa8lz
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwDtqKir5k
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqAvRiu9EA
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Blue. Cold. Still.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza8PIA2fn0
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No anger. No confusion.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgpkte7uPO
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Just that same, knowing silence.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkCukcrCCA
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And then he turned.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmedoJBENw
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Walked away.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvqUdP4s25
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Free.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAye9ljAP7
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Leaving me there—68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSndzcGoILm
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRBDGWxrkZ
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wondering what kind of nightmare lets you take the blame for a murder and still somehow feel like you’re the one being executed.1234 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4576PGs4H 尼

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