When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D3Naq8I3v
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qCLhHsizD
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZwdNgLpWt
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And then—36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6YVozTxtp
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it hits me.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpsnpCgKl9
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Not like a gentle memory montage.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37NRUPkDKt
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More like a truck.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gJT0LRC36
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PHAec0Mhc
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The Witch. The King. Me.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1wqh9qIBm
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu7bng4WxK
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I know now. I know who I am.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN46hST2Rd
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And I know what’s about to happen.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9snR5EqRn
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4wqyLy1Wx
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For killing Clara.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81CeKqsXvj
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And I… I remember why.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyLgJNMiHQ
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I don’t even think.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqLqKd71Bs
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2Ocsw6j52
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2hCGaonQr
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but I don’t stop.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JbcymLNY8
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Because I can see it in my head —36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYfoKrTH2C
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3WiSCTgTu
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being dragged toward a block of stone.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pL2LB5NMf
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYZ3lqLgRQ
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUPQDfC3rC
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The sword’s already raised.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbTuqeBY6H
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And I just—36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU2nnTwpGc
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scream.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8fibW3km3
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdSSOcMCsI
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Everything freezes.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAQbLUfTlD
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Every single head turns.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTH94XiHKz
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9uoC67BJB
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYK2X5mNe8Q
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ixNo4SGt0
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And the boy — he just looks at me.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiExkkcYHKI
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgnXhz9NqN
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No confusion. No panic.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7bIYIPla0
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Just that same maddening calm.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZIJx311dJ
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Like he knew I’d say it.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wqWuDMv2Y
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Like this was always supposed to happen.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPz1B0OWbt
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And standing there, heart about to burst,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2yk6YgLBp
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I realize something terrifying.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6l6NUXtgPs
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahZZXCR5PC
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZTjcsTQby
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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.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmE61zCQvz
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Then—36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhw2AkzMr3
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a murmur.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y52m4PBOS
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Then another.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFIyjIxazU
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRvps9eN1H
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT4oJfN2Kj
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“How typical of royal blood.”36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVSZfV14DA
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUY9gL3j2Hm
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They said it like it was tea gossip.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpkkoa3lbe
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TC0L3a74w
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsZp3O8Yw4
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No one moved to grab me.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMPBuRWgGF
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GfaDHLCOg
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I just stood there.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6HuuRQPw8
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAzJLVpTyK
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIpaasjfEL
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuJ8uAnYqb
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His calm didn’t waver.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFEd2UE1s7
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Not once.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsj6jJrimRm
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And the people… just watched.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclUHgAsY7U
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Not outrage. Not horror.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsZhgi45aw
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Just detached curiosity.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSx1TAkbhb
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEqC1UbYy7
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza7YzBnUSp
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKobt23NB4
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi10emshZh9
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Blue. Cold. Still.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmC308YRX4
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No anger. No confusion.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu8pQKMl9s
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Just that same, knowing silence.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44BYyb80UD
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And then he turned.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU47Yg6TVQO
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Walked away.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1R7qWzyyb
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Leaving me there—36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNnGYQoMq3
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwGdowWNAS
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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 protection32ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBhPfEukeR 尼

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