What's worse than being abused by a parent? What's worse than watching someone lose their life? What's worse than being in the clutches of a serial killer? September Walker never in her life considered these questions. Little did she know that the answers would soon find her; when she finds herself pulled away from her hometown and locked in the basement of some demented psychopath. September thinks her life is over when she finds out the killer doesn't want to hurt her at all. Instead he wants to have an apprentice to continue his work... But not in the way she'd expect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (This takes place in 1998, just FYI.) ⚠️ Trigger warning for basically the whole book. FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS! I'm very interested in what you guys think! Ranked #1: Murderer Ranked #1: Killer Ranked #1: Torture Ranked #1: Psychotic Ranked #1: Murder

Headless bodies start appearing in the streets, so cunning Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner have to stop the killer to prevent the apocalypse ***** After bodies start appearing in the middle of the streets, hollowed and headless, Detective Rashida Heyes and her partner, Travis Virgil, are given the case. However, once they dig deeper, meeting the emotionally broken Victor Eccelstone, and realize how heavily the church is involved, Rashida has to acknowledge that this case might be bigger than she had ever imagined. These crimes aren't the act of one man - they're the beginning of the end of the world [[Winner of the 2017 Wattys Storysmith Award]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]