The Golden Crossing
The frost on the windowpane is thick as bone. You press your thumb against it, feeling the cold bite through your skin. Inside, Lily sleeps, her breath shallow, a rattle catching in her throat like a stone in a dry creek bed. You are Elias Thorne. You are a warden. Your duty is the border, the mist, the law. But tonight, your duty is the small, shivering body in the bed before you. You want her...
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