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

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...

Crown’s Plank (nineteen) Impotent Eyes

And so it began.  Tobi felt the all too familiar rushing of blood behind her eyes, the dizziness that came before the attention was turned squarely on her.  It was techno music and space needles and metronomes.  Her chest heaved. Then, he caught her eye.  How could he...

Crown’s Plank (twenty) Regret

Sabra raged. Seeing Tobi hurt was worse than any torture she had suffered at the hands of the Umlakka. Unspeakable horrors that she would never divulge were mild discomforts compared to how her heart suffered now. From her hiding place, she saw everything.  She saw...