When I wake up, the first thing I see isn’t my ceiling.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRSdhlU2vN
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No glow from my phone. No pile of empty chip packets.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp051RE6Ns
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Just a white canopy, silk sheets, and gold that’s way too shiny for my tax bracket.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzknfMiqCD
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And then—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNzPRqKs4P
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it hits me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlEVzpqBPz
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Not like a gentle memory montage.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBuy9vnP3G
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More like a truck.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtzTX2EuAb
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Flashes. Fire. Clara’s face. His eyes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAoKCj4Kaa
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The Witch. The King. Me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HE4t7FC9H
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I sit up, heart pounding. My hands are shaking.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8SJaElXy6
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I know now. I know who I am.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lrholvdh9
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And I know what’s about to happen.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NM1E2x4hu
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Somewhere out there, he’s about to die.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDV5oEHMZZ
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For killing Clara.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22KWV0SfGm
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And I… I remember why.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoSbdclIsA
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I don’t even think.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsflvBiqVGR
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I throw on the first robe I find and bolt through the hallways.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBXfqnkkpl
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Servants gasp, guards yell, someone calls me Your Grace —153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEm8Rh55wta
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but I don’t stop.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP2t9TYawF
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Because I can see it in my head —153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IRuN4Ia4X
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ooUBlnIti
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being dragged toward a block of stone.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUt0llfnSGK
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By the time I reach the courtyard, my lungs are on fire.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2e18FSYLny
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He’s there. Kneeling. Rope cutting into his wrists.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonQkJBCslT
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The sword’s already raised.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpOkP2md8X
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And I just—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIajXMc1fk
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scream.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygyn6aTtNT
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> “STOP! IT WAS ME!”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNS8CcWnS2W
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Everything freezes.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMirG4Fk5fY
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Every single head turns.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjWD4bD7Rt
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> “He didn’t kill her because he wanted to!” I shout, voice cracking.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0b2IYZlhl3
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“I—I blackmailed him! I told him to do it!”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56sFUESJwG
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Gasps. Murmurs. Someone drops a goblet.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lYZy4u3u5
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And the boy — he just looks at me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJnsubnD1d
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Those same eyes. Blue and endless.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdR7WesuBC
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No confusion. No panic.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgP8UKczM1
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Just that same maddening calm.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfk3b0Fa0F9
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Like he knew I’d say it.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc34HdDc6lb
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Like this was always supposed to happen.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfHihAaAPx
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And standing there, heart about to burst,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutHSVWjqrP
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I realize something terrifying.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k8TVEP4KL
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Maybe I didn’t just play the game.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Eo7A4IskJ
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Maybe the game’s been playing me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RzkyYIitB
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9PG8jmsTR
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Then—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUeFp6GJ0W
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a murmur.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CCPWI632n
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Then another.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3duYXvXzYa
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And suddenly the whole courtyard buzzed like a hive of very judgmental bees.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWXferYBv9
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> “Ah, a sibling quarrel, then.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6cdt4FsiI
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“How typical of royal blood.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8nhyotZIt
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“The palace hasn’t had one of these in decades.”153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7uQYNjdXf
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They said it like it was tea gossip.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxC4YPBvUN
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Like Clara’s death was just another headline for tomorrow’s banquet chatter.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCncn5C4Kip
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The guards hesitated, looked at one another — and then at me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vz8d4KcQy
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No one moved to grab me.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdQniKVLuA
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Instead, one of them quietly cut the ropes binding him.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUbacyoPgS
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I just stood there.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfB4CpN7nN7
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Half-shaking. Half-laughing in disbelief.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCcfnj0H5A
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He rose slowly, the faint sunlight catching on his golden hair.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiD05APPK9
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The blood on his hands looked like ink on silk.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe6Z23Ybwk
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His calm didn’t waver.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDskESq3je
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Not once.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHRrBz05zU
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And the people… just watched.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhG7YJ3WwvD
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Not outrage. Not horror.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiSErJZJiS
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Just detached curiosity.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqFVcLgktQ
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I wanted to scream again, but all that came out was a small, cracked laugh.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXzyq5byZn
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> “Cool,” I muttered under my breath.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHhiVskaVP
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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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv1hsr3riU
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The boy’s eyes found mine then.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNUdEsRPuH
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Blue. Cold. Still.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5ThvfdkbO
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No anger. No confusion.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyVA7ogSDe
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Just that same, knowing silence.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwWaCmZqzA
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And then he turned.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGaLxBeSko
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Walked away.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP4gAHg5zR
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Leaving me there—153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG2KxNy2ii
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alone, surrounded by murmurs,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVNcM5SC4e
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