12 hours. All crime is legal. [ note; idek wtf i was doing when writing this but enjoy ]

"You bastard! You damn bastard- Gah!" Jesse started but was cut off as he was grabbed by his neck and shoved into a building wall. What was being pushed up against his neck..? Jesse's eyes widened as he felt a cold piece of metal right next to his throat. He glanced up at Martin, who had a terrifying, psychopathic grin on his face, his brown eyes shined slightly; completely opposite of Jesse's terrified, baby blue eyes. "Martin!" Jesse choked out, "why are you doing this-!" A white towel that had been dipped in something was pressed up to his mouth and nose. He inhaled the intoxicating, sharp smell that came off of it... then.. Nothing else but Jesse going stiff and then.. nothing but darkness. TW (this book contains blood, rape, and other no no things, click off if you are not comfortable)

EPILOGUE WILL BE FREE STARTING JUNE 29TH, 2023! Diana wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to escape. She's been trapped by a group of surgeons with a twisted passion and she's their next victim. ***** Diana Slater, a typical University student, wakes up in pain, tied to a bed and unable to see. After a mysterious figure, known only as Dr. Sweeney, nurses her back to health she finds out the truth. The Doctor has kidnapped her and given her a cat's eyes as part of a larger ploy to turn humans into collectibles. Now she's being trained by Ben, another patient, with the skin of a snake, on how to behave. Diana and Ben are forced to work together to try to escape the murderous doctors - until she discovers Ben might not be the victim he makes himself out to be. The only person Diana can trust is herself, and if she fails, her eyes won't give her another nine lives. [[Winner of the 2018 Fiction Awards for Best Horror Story]] [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston