A Cruel Display

The name hit Sloane like a physical blow. The breath vanished from her lungs. Her fingers, still curled tight against the display case, went entirely numb. A sudden, violent surge of agony ripped through her chest, a raw, bleeding pain that bypassed all her mental defenses and struck at the very core of her being.

*Preston Langley.*

For two years at Mt. Vesper Reform Academy, Preston was the gho