Crown’s Plank (fifteen) From Tess

Tess couldn’t help herself, Tobi’s pull was simply too strong to resist. From the moment she had laid eyes on her, Tess knew she was in love with Tobi.  She couldn’t explain it. She had never felt anything like it. Tobi consumed her thoughts, clouded...

Crown’s Plank (sixteen) Dark Decoration

The other girls were preoccupied with Miss Antonina and her peculiar interaction with the mysterious, strapping goat that had emerged from the woods.  Tess, however, only pretended to be as enthralled.  All the while, she peeked at Tobi from the corner of her eye....

Crown’s Plank (seventeen) Those Scars and the Filth

Those scars… they were the barbed hooks that had snickered at Tess’s armor as they bore their way inside her the instant she had seen Tobi. Tobi hadn’t been escorted in by Miss Antonina. It was better that way.  She had been in no state to handle the...