The Golden Compass
The gold was cold. It bit into my palm, a hard, unyielding truth against the skin. I held the compass. It did not point north. It pointed to her. My name is Thomas. I am twelve. I am the son of the King’s chief architect. We live in the high keep, where the stone is white and the air smells of dust and old secrets. Below us, the city sleeps. But in the tower, we do not sleep. We wait. The...
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