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It all started in 1982 when two children were killed in the woods by a man in a deer skin five years later in 1987. Three people are set to stop this mad killer on the loose? Will the five years of terror finally stop? Only time will tell.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚? 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚: 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨. 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙖, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙨𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛. 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙧? 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙜

( 1 edition ) The disappearance of two students from a consolidated middle and high school in Philadelphia left their parents facing serious psychological problems for three years. In addition, the teenagers suspected of the crime were subjected to inappropriate punishments and sent to a reformatory. The book's narrative alternates between past and present, introducing Athena Clark, a girl who seeks to reopen the book club formerly owned by a girl who disappeared three years ago. Athena must overcome serious challenges to unravel a complex web of riddles and lies. She discovers that the riddles are part of a larger mystery taking place in the magical world of the Netherworld. It's a realm closed to humans that Athena and her newfound book club members must traverse to discover the truth about the kingdom of Morsalia and save it from false truths and despair. The challenge is to find the missing teens and ensure the continued existence of the book club, which is in danger of being shut down.

"Even if we meet in our dreams, will you remember me too?" Khion is a young man, just 27 years old living in a small empty town. His life is just as boring as the town, same cycle, same routine, nothing change. Just the same routine of him working as caretaker of properties left behind by people who chose to embrace city life. Once a year, the empty town stirred. An annual festival was held and everyone from the city comes back, not because anyone believed the town still mattered, but because tradition was stubborn. Vendors arrived from neighboring town, lights were strung across streets that hadn't seen crowds in years, and for a single day the town pretended it was alive again. That was when he noticed him. Someone who gave color to his monochrome life. Inspired by Harehare Ya

In a dystopian future where Earth lies in ruins after the Great War, the descendants of survivors possess unique powers born from decades of radiation exposure. These abilities, drawn from atom manipulation, fall into four categories: elemental powers, flight, telekinesis, and the rarest of all-shapeshifting. While shapeshifters are revered, their abilities come with severe limitations: fleeting transformations and permanent physical traits that endure across forms. To escape the grinding poverty of their world, people are drawn into a televised competition where they perform for a shot at a better life. The crown jewel of these games is the shapeshifter, whose transformations are evaluated for government recruitment. Austin, however, is no ordinary shapeshifter. He can hold his forms for days without the usual physical limitations - but this extraordinary power comes with a dark cost. After a traumatic brain injury, Austin lost his memories, and with the complete loss of his sense of self, the ability to become anyone was discovered. Struggling with a fractured identity, he's faced with a painful choice: survive by stealing the identity of others, or try to uncover the truth of who he was before the accident. **Updating more often for the 8 Chapter Challenge through Wattpad!**

izana killed the leader of your gang shingeki. She was like a sister to you, and you were like a brother. but now that she's dead, they've awakened a sleeping dragon. let the bloody war begin. Sequel to Merciless Waters Run Deep But it can stand alone

If the world moves forward, Sean would be perfectly fine standing still. After his family had left to Ireland, he finds himself quite comfortable staying alone by himself. Yet one random afternoon, his mother decides to let him give up this comfortable peace of his. Twas creates a new sense in Sean's life.

Olivia Williams and Thomas Miller have been rivals since elementary school. At one of the most prestigious schools in the city-where appearances matter and the top GPA is everything-they've been competing for first place for as long as they can remember, turning every exam into a silent war. When a mandatory tutoring forces them to spend time together, with grades on the line, old grudges, family secrets, and a dangerously close proximity, an attraction begins to grow-one neither of them wants to admit. Because hating each other was always easy. Feeling something more... not so much.