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I wake up choking.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5M1UxJaC7E
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My lungs burn like I’ve been breathing smoke all night. Sweat sticks to my skin, the sheets tangled around me like ropes. For one second, I almost expect to see fire again — those flames crawling up the palace walls, that boy’s cold blue eyes staring through them.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6v9WVTAbK
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But there’s no fire now.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjIXWmVAH6
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Just sunlight.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTHbrI5siA
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Warm, quiet, golden sunlight spilling through silk curtains that don’t belong in my room.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6A6iszguJR
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I sit up fast. My head spins.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErhK6luWEu
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Everything’s too… perfect. Too expensive. The air smells like lavender and something faintly metallic.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2t07chBkwd
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Right. The palace. The festival. Clara.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXksRp4a0sx
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The image hits me so hard I almost gag — her body on the floor, the nobles screaming, his hand, the knife. And then… me, blurting out something insane just to save him.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26x9uzNOWA
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I drag my knees up to my chest and bury my face in them. “What the hell did I just do?”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVP6poEqT8D
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No answer. Just birds chirping outside, like the universe doesn’t care that someone got murdered last night.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLC7m9JJM8x
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I glance around the room again — huge, pale marble floors, carved furniture, and a mirror taller than me.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC4jF0hHb8
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A stranger’s reflection stares back — long black hair, soft white dress, bare feet.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOkLtpSqK3
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That’s not Lily. That’s Ariana.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWDziz6wLe
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My stomach twists. “Okay,” I mutter to myself, “so this is still happening. I didn’t dream the dream. Fantastic.”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8USwB8Kzc
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I press a hand to my forehead, trying to breathe. The air’s too heavy, like the whole room’s watching me.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrLzztCxW3
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Somewhere outside, a bell rings. Footsteps echo down the corridor. Servants. Life going on like nothing happened.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ90ap6qb5I
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I whisper, “Clara’s dead. And I’m still here.”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlTTY4XvF3
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The words taste wrong. Bitter.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxIF4TC6zo
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Then a colder thought creeps in — slow, dangerous.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHHo5KSxrq
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That boy.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6pUkCTYvO
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I can still see his face — that blank calm, the blue in his eyes when he looked at me like he’d seen me before.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqdZkFy3Ij
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I grip the blanket tighter. “Who even are you?” I mutter, voice shaking. “And why do I feel like… I know you?”177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiWDWrItGk
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Silence. Only my heartbeat answers back.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLmgXWGX09
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I fall back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0Ah2F1WtE
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My throat feels dry, my brain a mess of too many questions and zero logic.177Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUayypbBOIs
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