The Lake (Short Story)
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Echo and her family just moved into the house they’ve dreamed of. But it’s not the pleasant dream they wished it to be; behind the house is a large Lake. Two girls had vanished in that Lake, and when things start turning upside down Echo and her neighbor, Seth, start making investigations and soon enough find out a deadly secret.
Dive into a book of horrors and happiness as it tries to last; and find out whom or what killed the two girls . . . and who’s up next.
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