Meet Matty Towzan, a city boy who moves to a place unfamiliar to him, a small village in the south of England. His mother, a firm believer of mythology, chose his name; Matty: a strong fighter. From busy London, into the quiet countryside, he is no longer the boy everyone wants to be but the awkward boy no one wants to be. He is pulled towards a house everyone avoids; the house next door. Along with the house, comes a girl. Meet Leta, 'the hidden one', a girl who is secretive and haunted, living in that big, old house with only her creepy aunt for company. Since their encounter, everything he sees is different. Strange things begin to occur. Weird messages from an unknown number. Strange noises in the night... The home where Leta lives is completely, unnoticeably cut off from everyone else. A hint of fear roams in Matty. Will he prove that he is a fighter? Or will he fail and succumb to fear?

"Mom, can I ask you something?" I ask unexpectedly, breaking the brutal silence that was slowly but painfully killing me. "Of course, Kellin ." She says sweetly, instantly comforting me. "Mom... I'm... I... " Kellin only wants one thing: to be accepted. Melanie only wants one thing; to die.

Cecilia Kee has always had problems. No, not the regular high school girl problems. She wasn't worried about homework, grades, friends. She wasn't even worried about a boyfriend. See, Cecilia has cancer. Brain cancer to be specific. A special type of brain cancer that affects the way she feels pain. And of course, given the weight of the situation, she hasn't bothered to explain it to very many people. But she doesn't mind the shadows. She certainly doesn't mind the secret. ><>< COMPLETED: 9/27/16 Highest Ranking: #29 in General Fiction