Crown’s Plank (Thirty-five) What You Don’t Know

Eyeuongo. She whispered the word over and over to herself throughout the ritual. She willed the tears that stained her face to pass as evidence of her emotional dedication to her new “position”.  It was the only way. Never had she known pain as she...

Crown’s Plank (Thirty-six) Sleeping Arrangements

Tobi was awakened by the beam of Miss Antonina’s flashlight sweeping the room. After a few seconds of disorientation, she realized that they were back in the house and that the Mistress was simply completing the bed checks that she performed every few hours each...

Crown’s Plank (thirty-eight) Bliss in Darkness

As Tess explained what had happened to her after she had crashed into Tobi in the clearing, Tobi struggled to understand its meaning. She strained her imagination in an attempt to picture Tess’s body in the strange liquid on some odd, howling planet that was...