by Sara Blevins | Jun 4, 2014 | Tobi
Tobi’s heart stilled slightly at the presence of the Desmosouls overhead. One of them hovered over her with an almost curious air. As she passed below the creature, she measured the span of the flesh from one of his hands to the other with her eyes, looking up...
by Sara Blevins | May 29, 2014 | Tobi
Tobi’s step faltered nearly insignificantly when she heard the pleading tone of Tess’s voice. She corrected her gait immediately, hoping that Miss Antonina had not noticed any exchange happening between the two girls. She continued to walk toward her...
by Sara Blevins | May 14, 2014 | Tobi
Damp dusk embraced Tobi as she began down the path toward the stream. She felt a strange disconnect from the seriousness of her situation. Her ego swelled from knowing that she had caused such disarray. Everyone was supposed to be going to bed. They were living...
by Sara Blevins | May 1, 2014 | Tobi
Tobi turned to the others and swept her eyes over them, daring them to hurt her with their contempt. “I’m sorry guys, I guess because of me we don’t get to go to bed yet.” The other girls knew better than to retort. That was exactly what Miss...
by Sara Blevins | Apr 27, 2014 | Tobi
Tobi heard whispering coming from the other girls. They had gathered in the living room, beside the stairs, in a huddle where they waited anxiously to see what would happen next. Instantly, rage thundered inside her. Violent colors exploded beneath Tobi’s...
by Sara Blevins | Apr 25, 2014 | Tobi
Tobi could sense Miss Antonina inwardly shouting for obedience as she stood before her at the top of the stairs. She tried to keep her lids from closing as she raised her chin to meet the Mistress’s eye, but was unable to remain in control when the nearly...
by Sara Blevins | Apr 23, 2014 | Tobi
Despite her frantic search, Tobi could find nothing with which to unleash her demons. Each individual second spent with her own lies burrowed itself savagely into her skin like a bloodthirsty parasite. She prayed to thin air that she wasn’t being watched. She...
by Sara Blevins | Apr 21, 2014 | Tobi
The conversation looped. Each time it thrummed inside Tobi’s skull, her grief slipped a little further back to make way for her fury. Her breathing became labored and erratic, her eyes scanning the floor for anything sharp. She would prefer a carpenter’s...
by Sara Blevins | Apr 18, 2014 | Tobi
The thought of her father brought with it, as always, crippling desolation. Tobi’s grief over her father was such that she had not cried for him once since he had died. Her heartache simply couldn’t be expressed through tears. A stone lay in her stomach...
by Sara Blevins | Apr 15, 2014 | Tobi
Typically, these groups were held indoors. Unless… a penance was necessary. Breach of the rules at Crown’s Plank had many consequences, each depended on the infraction and the example that was to be made of the culprit. If an offense was such that it was...
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