Seven days down, twenty-three to go. Walking laps around the Frozen Chamber helps keep the cold at bay during the day. At night, a small fire and multiple layers do their best. Through the bars at the top of the Frozen Chamber, the sun gleams in its cold stare. Snow drifts here and there upContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 8”
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Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 4
A carriage waits outside the Tower. Two young adults, a boy and girl whose names always escape me, stand at its backend. Two dozen pairs of eyes drink in their uncertainty and fear as the two of them adjust the bags on their backs. Most of us older kids have taken this spot at theContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 4”
Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 3
Seven months and I’m free. One month and I might get to go to the city. No fights, no backtalk, no curfew violations. Kym has kept clean, too. Max, on the other hand, did not last long; as he predicted, a poor choice of words in the presence of the wrong person removed him fromContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 3”
Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 2
Three months down, nine to go. I can do this. No fights, no petty thievery, no curfew violations. Easy enough so far. Then again, my fellow wards have shaped up and stopped harassing the younger kids. Maybe they truly did learn their lessons. Or they’re just making sure I don’t see anything. That would beContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 2”
Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 1
One year to go. One more year of history lessons. One more year of bland dinners and leftover lunches. One more year of the Baroness and her barbarism. If I behave, be the good boy who follows her commands to the letter, it could be a year free of isolation rooms and visits with CyContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 1”
Tyler Gohde 