The Ice Between Us
Sandra Morgani was crazy once they locked me in a roomall he did was step backbroken oath: i left, he regrettedwhy'd you leave the keys upon the table
"Found what, Ciel? What are you talking about?"
I closed my eyes. The memory rose up like cold water, sharp and suffocating.
"Five years ago, there was a boy here. His name was Eli. He was a skater, like me. But he was... different. Open and brave. He used to practice late at night, just like I do. Just like us."
Derick stayed quiet, listening.
"One night, he didn't come back to the dorms. The next morning, his skates were found by the side door. But not him." I swallowed hard. "They searched for weeks. The lake, the woods, everywhere. But they never found his body."