When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaOTnRcHNu
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GYvckaFyu
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbP8JfQguR
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And then—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmi1FXHsfi
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it hits me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAIuUDAez4
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Not like a gentle memory montage.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4qFazyXv8
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More like a truck.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHj7tgHvlmB
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfY4ESVKeN
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The Witch. The King. Me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSnbA7yp00
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzLZ9tVRo1
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I know now. I know who I am.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPcVOIrErL
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And I know what’s about to happen.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dm2bJAncB
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6kDfhqEmd
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For killing Clara.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2SY78OLiz
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And I… I remember why.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uS9ixY58J
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I don’t even think.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJgJSYUM4T
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXCNVneuD3
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9mCNxXHiI
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but I don’t stop.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyYIR4bepX
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Because I can see it in my head —11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRicznR54D
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LqRpAQ92W
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being dragged toward a block of stone.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBy0ZdHun1
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilThLMwviA
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUW8DkInkI
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The sword’s already raised.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj25Hb5sxr2
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And I just—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcDHND6yL4
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scream.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXcq02iAwW
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeor1z4WMqQ
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Everything freezes.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiFC8stmsW
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Every single head turns.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iOibsQbIe
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ois2xheah
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCua7Pi1PK
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz20bGsypR
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And the boy — he just looks at me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K4n8sWMgR
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVrOhjsJuM
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No confusion. No panic.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKUEmqiTpe
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Just that same maddening calm.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrZlFnzGOT
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Like he knew I’d say it.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgitZ5O6zo
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Like this was always supposed to happen.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2pO8gqXPc
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And standing there, heart about to burst,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpI98XqAesP
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I realize something terrifying.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4eEZI0r38
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZC94gpn47
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRvVNXQ2Q8
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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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLPR6BUNKa
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Then—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlSofuRNYb
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a murmur.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoA8b4RWx8
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Then another.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDBw8r9adv
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V1tzIJzSC
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojH8byAgJQ
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“How typical of royal blood.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9aeQlVb3z
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzljzlsQAX
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They said it like it was tea gossip.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPmwtBHRla
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWtjGS87Gd
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAAyAkemmQ
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No one moved to grab me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb00btVkpx2
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXCfsKthBF
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I just stood there.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJXHEyOY3w
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfbpoBOdkn
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsPKTVx6Pu
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalXu4dqq3y
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His calm didn’t waver.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgZnhdq8n3
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Not once.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoAcNuEbXv
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And the people… just watched.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFhLDHpV2g
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Not outrage. Not horror.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyMEMo74NV
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Just detached curiosity.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg236qPqhmk
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbS2NCkLTfd
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoSkcyDn5s
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrOOeuTdA2
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2X4wVtnmse
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Blue. Cold. Still.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNwTZ8V9Jb
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No anger. No confusion.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6Pk1lFfy3
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Just that same, knowing silence.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87Y5BGEC44
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And then he turned.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaSfKLp4dz
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Walked away.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxBiW6zfAi
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Leaving me there—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLUGNRSeBv
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ56MSribBW
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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 protection7ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ80Vd7OqoM 尼

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