The crowd parts. Conversations hush and hang broken. Curious yet fearful eyes follow as Cy leads me through the atrium. Is this what it’s like whenever the Baroness enters a room? The ability to draw such attention, their terror sending the air cold, the wordless respect given… I could get used to this. It won’tContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 9”
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Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 8
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”
Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 7, Part 2
This is part 2 for the seventh chapter of the current Rokkoh novella. If you have not yet read part 1, please click HERE to catch up! FUCK THINK WHAT AM I GOING TO DO THE CLOSET MAYBE SHIT GOTTA HIDE HIM GOTTA PUT HIM SOMEWHERE NO ONE WILL SEE FUCK FUCK FUCK A chillContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 7, Part 2”
Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 6
The night’s air bites harder now, its teeth sharper to cut to the bone. A starry sky watches from above, and below bricks hold me. Propped against the stone wall of a building, my tired eyes open to Kym’s worried face. She crouches before me, her dark eyebrows scrunched up. “Hey, you.” She lets aContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 6”
Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 5, Part 1
Quick note about this chapter: it ended up being really long, so I have divided it into two parts. Although there is not a clean break, I have done my best to find the easiest place to separate parts one and two. Thank you very much for your understanding! Uncomfortable, heavy silence fills the carriageContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 5, Part 1”
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”