The Golden Compass
The letter was already in my hand when I saw the seal break. It was a wax seal, the color of dried blood, pressed into the parchment with the emblem of the Ministry of Standards. I held it the way one holds a dying bird, waiting for the wings to stop beating. My father stood behind me, his hands trembling not from fear, but from the sheer, crushing weight of the silence that had filled our...
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