The Golden Compass
The jar broke on the cobblestones. It was a small thing. A ceramic vessel, glazed in a pale, sickly yellow. It held nothing but dry herbs and a single, dried rose. But when it shattered, the sound was a crack that split the air. It split my attention. It split the silence I had carried for three days. I stood in the alley behind the apothecary. The rain had stopped. The stones were slick. I...
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