Illustration by Eyugho The boy’s bathroom on the second floor of St. Basil’s Private Academy was empty but for one person. Ferris had excused himself from class on account of a terrible headache. He stood in front of the sink, leaning on it with one hand. The other hand...

Illustration by Eyugho Ferris pushed his dinner in a circle around his plate. It wasn’t the food, but the knot in his stomach. It was a result of piling several days of anxiety into a final climactic night, leading to one question whose answer would change the rest of...