The curse accelerated at midnight. Elena's starlight bled red and would not stop, but at dawn it learned to heal with light, by noon to quarrel, by dusk to break, by midnight again to be lonely, by next dawn to listen, by next dusk to return, by midnight again to vow, by next dawn to war, by next midnight to dance, by next dawn to be taken, by next dusk to be offered, by next midnight to tear, by next dawn to march, by next dusk to bleed starlight against blood, by next midnight to end the betrayer, by next dawn to show true form, by next dusk to price power, by next midnight to turn to ice, by next dawn to choose, by next dusk to crown with ash, by next midnight to crown with starlight, by next dawn to be queen of two worlds, by next dusk to kiss the coronation, by next midnight to play the game where one must win, by next dawn to do the final ritual, and by next dusk to let love break the curse. Not white-gold that rituals final. Red that breaks curse. Gold that breaks curse to lov
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