My hand flew over my mouth..I couldn't believe what I had just experienced.
"Angel," Damien whispered, slowly stepping towards me with the bloody butcher knife in his hand.
The air had escaped my lungs, my heart raced, and I feared for my life. I would be next. Since I was the witness, he would get rid of me.
"Come here," he whispered.
I jetted off, running as far away as I possibly could. I heard nothing but his menacing footsteps behind me. My so called friend had just murdered one of my best friends.
Angel is an innocent 16 year old girl who was curious about the dark minded boy named Damien, 17, across her street. When she follows him one day after school to see where he goes, she's in for a life or death sentence. She can pretend nothing happended and talk to him, or be killed.
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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