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She told herself it was a prank. She told herself she should hand it to the police. She told herself she was late and should go home. But curiosity is a small, insistent thing, and the card kept warm in her palm as she turned away from the theater and followed the directions that weren’t there.

Mara felt the room tilt as if the floor had become a sloping stage. The actor behind her rubbed his temples and muttered, "Not the taking again." horrorroyaletenokerar better

"What did the court take?" the throne asked again. She told herself it was a prank

"Do you regret it?" the throne asked, more curious than cruel. But curiosity is a small, insistent thing, and

"Bring none but your name," Mara read again, and realized the others had already stepped forward, placing their cards on a stand carved like a ribcage. She wanted to leave. She wanted to run until the city remembered her and tucked her back under its mundane hum. But her feet had walked there on their own accord, and the chill in her bones tasted like anticipation.