When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriYhe9Efot
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k06TD4O9s
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUHKrAWqCV
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And then—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8E6MJdDvO
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it hits me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWHzopQsAW
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Not like a gentle memory montage.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQWCYTfKYE
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More like a truck.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9liYIWFWu
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5DB1V2kjL
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The Witch. The King. Me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPR3nHaicU
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxBehUvVUT
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I know now. I know who I am.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFluCs6Kej8
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And I know what’s about to happen.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh5zeQgiOy
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCo6D9poEj
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For killing Clara.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYZ7k5r6rL
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And I… I remember why.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxTjYAjLbi
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I don’t even think.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuI9yhpadl
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxGc9KZBcn
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnc7joGzkT
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but I don’t stop.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5VTO9oLUj
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Because I can see it in my head —153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B40eYgx3C
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiMKdaf4QA
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being dragged toward a block of stone.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3lmzvaXnt
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszrO9a8HYw
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbjuWpds3s
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The sword’s already raised.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1KlRmvjy2
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And I just—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfk5InQJrmv
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scream.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TOqS2UEaB
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIvpc8KTBt
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Everything freezes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXklcz2h2D
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Every single head turns.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmBlg3qa5o
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFjbw58zny
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTAY6bxYRZ
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybNBbGFwGx
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And the boy — he just looks at me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gcDutNCw7
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvjIuvLHtp
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No confusion. No panic.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnMZaCj661
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Just that same maddening calm.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X1r33Qs8M
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Like he knew I’d say it.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSDQpPrXGW
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Like this was always supposed to happen.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhP73T06tI
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And standing there, heart about to burst,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7cZGJIdgL
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I realize something terrifying.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0gTCcj7Ju
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfVBSQAi1U
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMcuQOEp0M
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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.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwJdTJevPj
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Then—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGEk6oCX28
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a murmur.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb6b4z1qW2
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Then another.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmj9cy3xL8
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzLG0Xqvbl
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODGlLoL4sx
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“How typical of royal blood.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrTcwZxbd9
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhJ16BS9Pl
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They said it like it was tea gossip.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrcEc7KzkE
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsisGq2SbL
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RFoHwfQWV
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No one moved to grab me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAA7mIxLG2
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoNYKywajA
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I just stood there.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCwwnshj11
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZBAjrOZ2Z
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUSnqgd42W
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlul8C19Ra
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His calm didn’t waver.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3kbPE7NN3
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Not once.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUJNOR7DZX
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And the people… just watched.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zIEt5PuOZ
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Not outrage. Not horror.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ415E15hjAT
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Just detached curiosity.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcwfp1o7d0
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMHxytOuPr
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9PqZ7v1m3
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwIHsGBRpD
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2x17W1loa
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Blue. Cold. Still.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcduVYyFUEz
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No anger. No confusion.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8TZRNYdbP
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Just that same, knowing silence.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoswRhUdi3q
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And then he turned.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxGs05d8j7
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Walked away.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3z11FcQTJ
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Leaving me there—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJLOQNWbR7
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihZ80b71jb
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