#352 in Science Fiction (10/21/15) --- "Don't feel. Don't care." That was now Reine's golden rule to everything and anything in her life. If you can even call it living. After her parents' tragic death, nothing seemed to matter to her anymore. Or maybe she was just too scared to care or love anything again. Because she, her, and herself, was the very cause of her parents' death and her family's ruin. Her and her uncontrollable and dangerous power to turn anything she touches into dust. But everything was not as simple as it seemed, for though she did not care for anyone, other people and groups had interest in her. With the Diamonds, a group of world-class teenage thieves, suddenly wanting her to join them for no reason, and a mysterious group called Egregius, hot on her tail... Could she strive to make valuable allies and attempt to survive? Or would giving up and running away always be the best option? After all, everything eventually all end up in Ash and Dust. ... Beautiful Cover by @hwello! ... Votes and comments are appreciated! (:

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]