The Golden Crossing
You hold the thorn in your left hand, and the heat of it is a living thing, pulsing against the cold stone of the palace floor. It is not a metaphor. It is not a symbol. It is a physical fact, a splinter of black wood that burns with the intensity of a coal, and you do not let go. You have been holding it for three days. Your father, the King, stands before you in his armor, the steel polished...
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