The Golden Quest
The rain slicks the cobblestones of Whitechapel, turning the gaslight into fractured stars. You walk fast. Your boots slap the wet stone. The smell is heavy. Coal smoke. Rotting turnips. Urine. You hold the jar tight against your chest. It is warm. It pulses. A low thrum, like a second heartbeat. You bought it from the woman in the alley behind the slaughterhouse. She had no eyes. Just two...
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