Satoru Aihara is a teenage boy trying to navigate through life without being reminded of his past mistakes, now in a better place, people he was once friends with remind him of everything he hates about himself and even though he makes mends with a girl he used to bully, he can't save her like she saved him.

After a tragic event, nine teenagers return for a winter getaway in Greyridge Woods in hope to help a suffering friend but they soon discover that somebody is after them, is it revenge for their mistakes that led to a fatal accident? Karma? Or is it simply for the thrill to kill? Only four will see the light of dawn. Who will it be?

Evan Lennon is a 17 year old boy. He's the captain of the rugby team and the most popular kid in the year 12. Every girl wants to be with him. Everybody wants to be his friend. His parents are caring and loving and only want the best for their kids. He has the best friends he could ever want and things were great, Evan could see his entire future like he'd already lived it but when his life comes crashing down, it changed everything. Evan falls into a deep depression and loses his scholarships, one of his best friends, his reputation, all because he walked into the wrong room at a party to hopefully sleep off his intoxicated state, where a traumatic event occurs and destroys Evan and nobody believes him because he is a boy.

Shoko Fujii is dead. She was only sixteen. No one talked to Shoko or knew who she was because she rarely talked to anyone. She kept to herself most of the time. She only had one friend and that was popular and outgoing Gaku Higashi. No one understood their friendship. It was unlikely that the most popular kid in school would ever be friends with an outcast like Shoko by choice. When Shoko died it was quickly filed as a suicide but Gaku didn't believe that. The Shoko he knew would never kill herself. He made it his duty to find out the truth. He knew something wasn't right and as time goes on and he finds out the truth about Shoko Fujii's death, he snaps. The grief of finding out the truth ignites something in Gaku. A trail of violence and terror he leaves behind will never be forgotten.

Ainsley Mae Olsson-Greene is a 14 year old girl, adoptive daughter of Elias Greene and Joseph Olsson. She struggles with depression and with knowing it's okay to ask for help, and when she finally does, life seems to have other plans for her. It wants to show her just how cruel life can be, and with it comes betrayal, ultimately taking her innocence and crushing it until what's left is a broken girl. Will Ainsley have the strength to overcome the hardships and obstacles life throws at her or will she completely give up on everything she so desperately wants to believe and accept defeat?

16 year old Elias Greene just moved to Ridgewell with his recovering alcoholic father after a tragedy fell upon them-the death of Elias' mom, destined from stage three liver cancer, ultimately resulting in Elias' attempted suicide. They needed a fresh start, something new, and they both hoped Ridgewell would be it. 17 year old Joseph Olsson has lived in Ridgewell all his life, it's his home-or the home that never felt like one, as he battles with obstacles that test his willpower every moment of every day, mostly living up to his minister father's expectations, taking his religious beliefs, along with his beatings-all while raising, protecting his 14 year old sister. Their lives were damaged; they never knew anything different, that is until each other. When two souls come together, it changes everything they ever thought they knew about themselves... And for one of them-it's a lot more complicated than love itself can overcome as religion plays a bigger role than either of them are ready to bear.

NOVELLA TO: The Religious & The Damaged Now hundreds of miles apart, Joseph and Elias are forced to navigate a relationship no longer measured by shared hallways or stolen moments, but by phone calls, late-night conversations, and the miles stretching between them. Months after Joseph left Ridgewell behind, summer offers them both the chance to heal--if love can withstand the distance.