The moment Emily’s trembling voice finally broke, splintering apart under the weight of everything she had been trying so hard to hold in, and Sophie’s quiet, silent nod followed right after, confirming every single word without needing to say a thing, something deep inside Clara didn’t simply crack under the pressure of it all... It shattered into multiple pieces. It shattered violently, completely, and with a finality that left no room for restraint, no space for reason, no trace of the cold detachment everyone in that room had once mistaken for her nature. “W- what did you say, baby?” Clara’s voice came out low at first, almost deceptively calm, so calm it was unsettling, like the eerie stillness before a storm that no one realizes is about to rip through everything in its path. But her eyes… her eyes had already changed completely, and there was no hiding it. They weren’t soft anymore. They weren’t distant, not cold, not indifferent. Rather... They burned. Sharp, feral
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