Not everything is as it seems.
That's something everyone knew yet never really considered or put much thought into it's meaning.
It was something Anna hadn't taken into account until she found herself trapped in the clutches of a a monster - not one being, but rather a cluster of humans seemingly without souls.
Of course they weren't supernatural or anything dramatically out of the ordinary, but who could tell what was what any longer as the games began to spin out of control?
She was drowning in the poison these toxic creatures had created. Anna's only hope was to expose the Opaque, but day-by-day, hour-by-hour, she was learning of what an impossibility that would be as in time, all HOPE began to disintegrate.
There was, however, one dash of hope.
It just meant going against everything Anna believed in...
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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