Chapter 33: The Gilded Cage, The Whispering Vipers, and The Paper Eyes

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: The Gilded Cage, The Whispering Vipers, and The Paper Eyes

The capital smelled like perfume and rotting fruit.

I hadn’t noticed it when I lived in the Bureau’s basement, mostly because the basement smelled entirely like toxic ash and damp earth. But after breathing the crisp, sharp pine air of the North, the capital’s thick, humid atmosphere felt like breathing through a wet silk blanket.

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