Crown’s Plank (twenty-five) Empty Watchtower

Before Tobi could further spew forth her madness, a second fly dropped. Then, a third and a fourth until an avalanche of flies poured down where she sat as if she were caught in a sudden November storm. Each individual one, heavy from feasting, peddled its spindly...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-four) Save

Tess saw the flinching of Tobi’s muscles, a flicker of insanity in the seductive green specks of Tobi’s eyes. If only there were some god that she could plead to. She knew she had to think fast. She had seen the fly slam against the rock at Tobi’s...

Crown’s Plank (twenty-three) Unbridled

“Miss Sella! Are you toying with us? Here we all sit, your audience, waiting for something of substance from you for the first time since you arrived here. Has your time alone taught you nothing?” Tobi locked eyes with Miss Antonina, alarm bells sounding...

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...