The Golden Compass
The frost bit at the stone. I held the hilt. My hand did not shake. It had not shaken since the campaign in the north, when the snow fell thick enough to bury a man’s sin. I stood before the Great Hall, the gates of the Keep of Aethelgard. The air smelled of iron and old blood. It is a scent that does not leave. It settles in the pores. It waits for the next breath. I am a knight of the Order...
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