John Laurens has been bullied by something he can't control. He has Tourette's Syndrome. After moving to New York from South Carolina he meets someone who can change how he lives and his outlook on life.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 : 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬? 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟- 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟- 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭! 𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧.

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥", 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, "𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥." 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝟑𝐥𝐥" 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.

A new school year can be fun, exciting, riveting even! If you go to a normal school. But at Westbrooke's Academy for Wayward Youth, things are run a little differently than most schools. A little more... sinister. Despite how unusual the Academy is, however, it is still not every day that someone drops dead in the middle of a corridor. Genie supposes she will have to get used to a lot of new normal. As tragic and dangerous as it may seem, it will be necessary to adapt nicely if she wants to work behind Mr. Westbrooke's back and find the killer. The cover is not mine.