The Golden Compass
The sky tore open before the bell rang. I stood in the courtyard. The rain was not water. It was ash. Fine, grey powder that settled in the crevices of my armor. It tasted of old copper and burnt hair. "Steady, Thomas," I whispered. My voice sounded thin. Distant. Like a sound from a room I had left years ago. Beside me, my son, Julian, trembled. He was seventeen. Too young for the weight of...
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