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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8pusNeZVs
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87mhKjT9v6
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it hits me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ORwXprGHA
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Not like a gentle memory montage.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJ0BD755cm
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More like a truck.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPgMVakiK6
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRHDxoHyzg
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The Witch. The King. Me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlaOl3TqJS
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10xHotgdJw
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I know now. I know who I am.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0FI4ZnbBQ
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And I know what’s about to happen.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBSqgkqkp4
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN82Tt96h4
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For killing Clara.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV1dFPQHuh
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And I… I remember why.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy3a8qQZ09
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I don’t even think.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfJb4xhCEU
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGjkQ4Ss2b
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7JQERjizX
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but I don’t stop.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLMBYZ6xyT
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Because I can see it in my head —101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcdeGrCHCk
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2CZmnDe76
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being dragged toward a block of stone.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkU1TH4Z8Z
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7MZY1gsr0
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbzUZMRs6O
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The sword’s already raised.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVdIfx6ZZx
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And I just—101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tJ7nfzNN1
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scream.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyc0gjd1OAp
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDEG0Shxq3
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Everything freezes.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7XtuXIlU8
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Every single head turns.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdO0d4SxX7
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEEtGsZ5Uc
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6A4OM8XOfn
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG3XmchbbI
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And the boy — he just looks at me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuwsBp7qSf
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RD3vxlsaf
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No confusion. No panic.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH1OLuQJSr
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Just that same maddening calm.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx5nA97PkJ
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Like he knew I’d say it.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCE00njasz
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Like this was always supposed to happen.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4LwmeOl91
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And standing there, heart about to burst,101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi38xiahL7p
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I realize something terrifying.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjLlWbZ46A
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwMono7jgO
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVAVqxqyLy
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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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Mly6ytH88
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Then—101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyVVU3fktM
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a murmur.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMcFVR3S3P
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Then another.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR261dhJEkK
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Uaa2FAaae
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUiHJenLz8
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“How typical of royal blood.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZQ3Rtwwl9
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTrovDrBRI
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They said it like it was tea gossip.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI36Z8QJMGl
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYT5oMMTHA
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv19zhMGlN
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No one moved to grab me.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XGeUddjzF
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5WXw5zyoj
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I just stood there.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBumtLJhVRn
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKr7ckUlWH
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NwuYY5twn
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3TjvJgCXM
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His calm didn’t waver.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOpHMAu7I1
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Not once.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJfP7PXkcr
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And the people… just watched.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o87zIE4vG
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Not outrage. Not horror.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f37vRP3Tu
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Just detached curiosity.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN850HYRcU
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqC4bMzJ67
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAB8FgIRtF
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtkME5TH16
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXvAWokHgk
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Blue. Cold. Still.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf8ElR34XK
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No anger. No confusion.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTCGOYEJqJ
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Just that same, knowing silence.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfnKHJMO7E
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And then he turned.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyEr4OcF3p
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Walked away.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSMg5yX28y
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Free.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD357XJHVdA
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Leaving me there—101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFB2wN0gPJ
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqiyszgyz6
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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 protection97ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGFoZZcecA 尼

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