A boy dies in the chapel of Ashdown - and the school gets to work. Not on the truth, but on managing it. Within hours a death has become a regrettable accident, neatly documented and elegantly buried beneath condolence cards and closed doors. June Okonkwo saw what happened that night, and she learns quickly that silence at Ashdown is not a courtesy but a law - with its own wardens, its own punishments, and a long history. While the institution's facade stays immaculate, June digs deeper into its machinery: who protects whom here, and why must the truth never come to light? A gripping dark-academia thriller about institutions that administer their own crimes, and the price of remembering. Book 2 in the 'Ashdown College' series.