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Fire.148Please respect copyright.PENANANhl6IFTq4b
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It’s everywhere. Roaring, crawling, tearing through the palace like it wants to erase it from existence.148Please respect copyright.PENANApDxYXriJT0
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The air is so thick with smoke I can barely breathe — and somehow, I’m here.148Please respect copyright.PENANA3QIys7uzUS
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Not in my room. Not anywhere familiar. Just… here.148Please respect copyright.PENANAvEtMomtFXY
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“What— what the hell— why am I—?!” I choke on the words, waving smoke from my face like that’s gonna help.148Please respect copyright.PENANANbqKCQCu0o
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The floor trembles beneath me. The ceiling cracks. Somewhere, someone screams.148Please respect copyright.PENANA5aUpZab15c
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And then I see her.148Please respect copyright.PENANACokjavry8h
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A woman, sprawled on the marble floor — skin pale, eyes shut, too still. Her hand is stretched out like she was reaching for someone who never came.148Please respect copyright.PENANAQzgeByFILR
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My stomach twists. “Who… who is she?”148Please respect copyright.PENANAhiPT0LTMX0
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I drop to my knees beside her. The moment my fingers touch her cheek, I flinch.148Please respect copyright.PENANA3NW4H6QrkF
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Cold. Not human cold — wrong cold. Like the warmth’s been ripped out of her.148Please respect copyright.PENANANfodhEWjDE
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“Wake up,” I whisper. “Please— just wake up.”148Please respect copyright.PENANAwf5QOLSAuy
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No answer. Just the fire, and the world dying around us.148Please respect copyright.PENANAEzovNurKSW
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Then — footsteps.148Please respect copyright.PENANAztPi1O2Lb1
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Slow, echoing, steady.148Please respect copyright.PENANAd3HReIx5F2
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Every instinct in me freezes.148Please respect copyright.PENANAKuUrKdIEXI
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I turn.148Please respect copyright.PENANARoIs4FjIhQ
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There’s a boy walking through the smoke.148Please respect copyright.PENANAFZcnrb2H5g
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Golden hair catching the firelight, blue eyes like winter — too calm for all this chaos.148Please respect copyright.PENANAVtHsRYUMRi
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He looks straight at me.148Please respect copyright.PENANA3tGuLK38Wt
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My chest tightens. I don’t know why, but I feel it — him.148Please respect copyright.PENANAh88M6zyoc8
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The same boy. The one who killed Clara.148Please respect copyright.PENANAyQwqxVRNgc
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“You—!” My voice cracks, too high, too fast. “You killed Clara! You— you stabbed her! Don’t you dare act innocent!”148Please respect copyright.PENANAJbh9Dd33VM
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He blinks, frowning. “Killed… Clara?”148Please respect copyright.PENANAaMdA9mr34f
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“Don’t act like you don’t know! You killed her!”148Please respect copyright.PENANASEJXk0WCId
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He takes a step closer, slow, deliberate. His voice drops low.148Please respect copyright.PENANAkCW7y4aQxb
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“You mean the princess?”148Please respect copyright.PENANAAw9rd4I6kr
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“Who else?!” I snap. “You looked her in the eye and—”148Please respect copyright.PENANAJmIXQwDr6h
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He interrupts, calm as ever. “You didn’t let me.”148Please respect copyright.PENANAZFP4FJyv4Y
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I freeze.148Please respect copyright.PENANAZVZegCRJZz
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“What?”148Please respect copyright.PENANAtnUPeckDhC
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“You didn’t let me,” he says again, quiet but sharp enough to cut through the smoke. “Just like before.”148Please respect copyright.PENANAbd3xGxzAOQ
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“Before?” I stare at him. “What before?! I don’t even know you!”148Please respect copyright.PENANAVS4X9XQYeE
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He tilts his head, studying me — not angry, not scared, just… sad.148Please respect copyright.PENANAnkHJeCw0e9
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“Yes, you do.”148Please respect copyright.PENANA93r7nQnQlg
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Something in my chest twists hard, like my body’s remembering something my brain won’t.148Please respect copyright.PENANAFfw7WQCZzh
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The fire flares higher. The walls groan. And suddenly, he’s closer — too close — the air thick between us.148Please respect copyright.PENANAM2y92dafsS
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“Why— why is this happening?” I whisper, my voice shaking. “Why is everything burning?”148Please respect copyright.PENANAZsto1EqF1i
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He doesn’t answer. He just looks at me, those blue eyes cutting right through the smoke — and it’s like the world stops breathing.148Please respect copyright.PENANAJGKlmsvKKu
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The sound fades. The light slows.148Please respect copyright.PENANAt3bAco6MnU
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I can’t move. Can’t think.148Please respect copyright.PENANACwcN6rGr2X
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His eyes— they’re so… familiar.148Please respect copyright.PENANAkX0WAkZAFY
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My vision starts blurring. Heat, light, noise all swirl together until I can barely see him anymore.148Please respect copyright.PENANATLYxH3N33D
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My thoughts scatter — fear, confusion, anger — and somewhere in the mess, I hear myself mutter,148Please respect copyright.PENANANo0Yx0Mes8
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“Fine. Whatever this is— you owe me one.”148Please respect copyright.PENANAuTswc520Aa
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He blinks, startled. Maybe even amused. I don’t know. Because the next second—148Please respect copyright.PENANAveGeNqbdJ5
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Everything collapses.148Please respect copyright.PENANAhjr2M1Su2z
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The fire fades.148Please respect copyright.PENANA9zGF2dAtOo
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And I’m gone.
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