The Golden Maze

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The Golden Maze

The ink was still wet on the parchment when the door opened. I did not look up. I was tracing the final ligature of a citation. The air in the scriptorium was thick with the smell of oak gall and drying vellum. It was a cold, dry smell. It smelled of time being pinned under glass. "Master Aldous," the voice said. It was soft. Almost polite. I set down my quill. My hand was steady. I kept it...

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