The Golden Compass
The iron was red. It glowed with a low, pulsing heat that matched the rhythm of the boy’s pulse. "Is it ready, Father?" Elias did not look up. He held the tongs steady. The metal hummed in the silence of the forge. It was a sound only he could hear, a high-pitched whine that sat in his teeth. "Patience, Thomas," Elias said. His voice was rough, scraped raw by years of smoke. "Fire has a...
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