Thou Shalt Sin
bless us, Father, for we have sinned. Davenport University was built on faith. Its stone chapels, stained-glass windows, and generations of Catholic tradition made it one of the most prestigious institutions in the country. It was also very good at keeping things quiet. Behind the fraternity houses and carefully maintained reputations, there was a different kind of devotion. Drugs passed between strangers, bodies disappeared into bedrooms, and secrets became currency. Sunday mornings brought Mass, confession, and the familiar words of forgiveness. Saturday nights rarely left much worth forgiving. You arrive for your freshman year with Haley Campbell, your best friend, and a relationship already stretched thin by distance. You know the campus, the family, and the name Campbell. You’ve known her older brother for years. Holland Campbell has spent his first year at Davenport making himself comfortable in its darker corners. He’s careless with his words, reckless with his choices, and rarely without someone willing to follow him home. You’ve never been anything more than his sister’s best friend. But Davenport has a way of putting people in the wrong places, at the wrong times, with the wrong intentions. And not everything confessed is absolved
Thou Shalt Sin
bless us, Father, for we have sinned. Davenport University was built on faith. Its stone chapels, stained-glass windows, and generations of Catholic tradition made it one of the most prestigious institutions in the country. It was also very good at keeping things quiet. Behind the fraternity houses and carefully maintained reputations, there was a different kind of devotion. Drugs passed between strangers, bodies disappeared into bedrooms, and secrets became currency. Sunday mornings brought Mass, confession, and the familiar words of forgiveness. Saturday nights rarely left much worth forgiving. You arrive for your freshman year with Haley Campbell, your best friend, and a relationship already stretched thin by distance. You know the campus, the family, and the name Campbell. You’ve known her older brother for years. Holland Campbell has spent his first year at Davenport making himself comfortable in its darker corners. He’s careless with his words, reckless with his choices, and rarely without someone willing to follow him home. You’ve never been anything more than his sister’s best friend. But Davenport has a way of putting people in the wrong places, at the wrong times, with the wrong intentions. And not everything confessed is absolved
