The same strange dream every night. A girl walks alone into the woods much like the tale of 'Little Red Riding Hood,' but this tale is far different from the original. She seems a bit older with fair skin, and a petite frame, pouty lips that lead to two big brown doe eyes. The most mesmerizing feature is her deep ruby red locks that cascade down her head like the red sea. As she walks down the quite forest path the lights around her gleam making it look like fairy dust surrounds her and almost swarming around her are different types of beautiful butterflies, but lurking beyond the bright innocent path that Little Red walks along is a beast. Not just any beast, a wolf with deep black fur and piercing green eyes that he uses to watch Little Red walk along her path. I know this beast all to well, he is me. I am the beast who lurks in the shadow waiting to kill my pray, but once I am awake I very quickly see that I am no longer a beast. I'm just me, and I tell myself that this is all a dream and that it means nothing...Right?
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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