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 2

This is part 2 for the fifth chapter of the current Rokkoh novella. If you have not read part 1, please click HERE to catch up! The sconces along the walls turn low, the flames shrinking and dimming the place. The audience quiets with the growing darkness, reduced to only a few hushed conversations floatingContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Final Year, Chapter 5, Part 2”

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 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”