Who was she?
Who really killed her?
After the death of the acclaimed village "witch", a strange beast begins to haunt the forest.
One by one, the beast takes it prey, leaving only a few behind, dipping the village into a chaotic state of unrest, distrust and murder. Everyone has someone to blame.
A young girl, sister to the dead "witch" begins to recall when everything went wrong. starting from the death of her innocent older sister. Haunted by strange dreams, she finds that her own village, once a place of sunny refuge is much more sinister than believed. Who killed the witch? Who was the witch? And who can she trust to tell her the truth?
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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