The Golden Compass
The ink had not yet dried on the letter that bound my hands, a heavy, wet weight that smelled of iron and old rain, and I walked toward the palace with the steady, hollow rhythm of a man who has already died and is merely waiting for his body to catch up. The air in the capital was thick, a living thing that pressed against my lungs, tasting of dust and the metallic tang of the approaching...
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