A story set on the campus of the fictional university of Ardenthill Bioscience and Design University.
Out of the many social situations a person might encounter, an awkward silence was one of the least familiar to Monserrat. That she was sitting at her dining room table with her polycule – the people she most loved in all the world – made the general sense of unease all the more bizarre. That …
“You wouldn’t actually hit me with that paddle.” Camila narrowed her eyes at Ginger. “My butt is already bruised.” Ginger laughed. “I told Chun you’d be a fraidy cat.” “That’s not even…” Camila gritted her teeth, infuriated by Ginger’s mocking smirk. “FINE! If that’s what you want, let’s do it.” Pushing her way past Ginger, …
9:45 AM – Morning Classes Spring had breathed life into the city of Ardenthill, and nowhere more than the carefully tended landscaping of the ABDU campus. Wildflowers budded cheekily from patches of dirt and between flagstones. Their fragile beauty heralded of a riot of color that was ready to burst from the newly cleaned flowerbeds …
Camila sat on her bed, watching her door with dread. With the first spanking she’d gotten from a randomly chosen sister, she’d thought waiting for someone to show up was the worst part. The spanking that sister had handed out changed her opinion, but waiting was the part she was enduring at the moment. Please …
A sudden rain squall had turned Ardenthill’s streets into a treacherous, rainbow-slick mess. Traffic snarled immediately, sending drivers down narrow and unfamiliar streets of the bustling New Hampshire town. Monserrat was one of those drivers, maneuvering her SUV with more spite than focus through eighteenth century street blocks. Anxiety was making her a more aggressive …
Camila hadn’t expected to return to the Delta Lambda Gamma basement so soon. As far as she knew, it was used only for initiations, transfers of the house leadership, and a mysterious annual sisterhood ritual. She could now add disciplinary trials to that list. All the cute pink decorations from initiation were gone, leaving the …
The Ardenthill mall was in a sorry state, Monserrat counted at least half the storefronts closed, as her heels clacked on the vinyl flooring. Being dressed in her babysitter gear in public was a strange feeling, one that the stares of the daytime mall-goers didn’t let her forget. A particular woman’s eyes were as wide …
The majesty of Fall had officially faded from campus, leaving the trees bare and the sidewalks covered with brown leaf muck. Camila had always welcomed the onset of winter, otherwise known as the holiday season. College was making it difficult for Camila to anticipate the upcoming festivities. For one thing, there were a lot of …
The ABDU student health center had the odd juxtaposition of diverse clients and well-maintained fixtures common to university medicine. The lobby was downright cheery with its baseboard and crown molding in ABDU’s traditional pale blue and pink. Posters crowded the walls, with a disturbing proportion of them advising on the risks or symptoms of various …
“You’re sure you want to do this, and you want to start it now?” Monserrat was tall enough to be silhouetted by the overhead lamp in Jenna’s room, it gave her a halo not unlike the glow she had in Jenna’s imagination. Jenna considered the question, refusing to retreat into her Little mindset before she …