When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRi6qTDlff
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4hNs2utKu
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s2JZy6VOD
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And then—151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtb5JD8tLG
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it hits me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBs4lJ0xXvv
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Not like a gentle memory montage.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDQsY4b02r
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More like a truck.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOziiADjB2R
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehJgqZZebk
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The Witch. The King. Me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuvDZzYdiF
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfXoIkSGjy
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I know now. I know who I am.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4bIaSDvXH
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And I know what’s about to happen.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPpN8CScq0
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCE9XSPpdq
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For killing Clara.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVKc1F61mO
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And I… I remember why.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSymVOid8eK
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I don’t even think.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0DwWWwRIg
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmY1Z1sqjfO
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkL5urDh2u
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but I don’t stop.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8sUJBbICL
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Because I can see it in my head —151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd5ItRZ8qT
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that boy, the one with the ocean-blue eyes and the calm that makes you want to scream,151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2vLxTtdTe
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being dragged toward a block of stone.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyARnpuQP0W
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwan69CEytB
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHbyO5dExU
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The sword’s already raised.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrieNht2q8q
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And I just—151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpCm5YxeKl
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scream.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpkmEnI921
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pEVdnn3ZP
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Everything freezes.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtntQq56H1V
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Every single head turns.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigUxyIAM0G
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4potgxpMx4
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav31oz4Cu5
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEmXCwFlUb
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And the boy — he just looks at me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdU1TbmCoc
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mh3yfgiP0
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No confusion. No panic.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGemdkf1kh
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Just that same maddening calm.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhAh9NKlUA
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Like he knew I’d say it.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBrkVaH77E
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Like this was always supposed to happen.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvQcMZMiMW
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And standing there, heart about to burst,151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgd3NvGrQmQ
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I realize something terrifying.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn3Dr2SnMZ
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69hFDoPgaf
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxSeEiqdZb
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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.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPJNRmGmDz
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Then—151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF26IdVpzL
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a murmur.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnejJryYajB
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Then another.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvWfosRGHu
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuivAspK5eB
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYB0U5KTNg
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“How typical of royal blood.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjxxfIf5Js
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaxupg9UMu
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They said it like it was tea gossip.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSo5M4X1toA
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yT7YZ75k8
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnDtd8HoER
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No one moved to grab me.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiqggyl7D1
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq4K2gKFsH
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I just stood there.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpWpXlhrst
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5Pe2vqiSz
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvG2Jxtx6v
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt4b2eSmEc
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His calm didn’t waver.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QUBDOvc4K
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Not once.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeM1M6msJgR
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And the people… just watched.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGfAq4OzYE
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Not outrage. Not horror.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBrTUh5xX2
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Just detached curiosity.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRH2DOwnAA
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBsKMG5nvZ
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GkqPmMCMu
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“Confessed to royal murder and everyone’s like—‘oh, sibling drama, how quaint.’ Totally fine. Completely normal Tuesday.”151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqRFFV4QQb
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ3yUgT5oz
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Blue. Cold. Still.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa7wXmhcEp
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No anger. No confusion.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9mHAcB61H
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Just that same, knowing silence.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwD52NJrUQ
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And then he turned.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI79kDwLgdz
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Walked away.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3O4pLTVSwN
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Free.151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3G5bdJECD
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Leaving me there—151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQcoZ3tvEZ
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,151Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfx3OVSwchk
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