The memory of watching Russel agonizingly suffocate was burned into Ichabod and Tressa’s minds. That day had fueled Tressa to never let it happen again, but she wasn’t blind to just how far she was pushing her friend. If she kept going, she was going to break him before the sheriff could get the chance.

The classroom prince takes his place on the throne,
Ever-present, ever-shining, alone.