'I can see ghosts... Can you?'
I'm Opal Heart, a normal 17 year old teen. No, I'm not normal. Ever since a car accident, I see ghosts. They scare me a lot. I see them in school, at home, in shops, everywhere.
Seeing ghosts isn't a bad thing, there's many good things, like, they keep you company and it's like a friend to you. But, normal people can't see them, so they would think I'm weird. Sometimes ghosts appear in front of me all of a sudden and it's so creepy that I scream for no reason and people just stare at me.
Well... My life has changed ever since I met Peter. Whenever I hold onto him, ghosts disappear. Isn't that amazing? Is he going to be the one who can help me? No... apparently not... You see, I keep helping ghosts whenever they need help... If Peter is going to help me and be there for me, I might kill him and he might be in danger. I don't want any of this to happen. I don't want him to be the one in danger...
But there's still questions that I can't answer: Why can I see ghosts? Why is it ME? Why can't it be her? Or him? Why me?
I wish I could be a normal 17 teenage girl again... Please?
Emmy's life is going just as she'd planned: She's living in her own apartment, dancing every day and is just leaps away from being named her company's next Prima ballerina. And she's only 17. But all of Emmy's plans come to a screeching halt when the FBI shows up at her door to let her know that she's being stalked by a serial killer. Suddenly, the safe, insulated world she created for herself is riddled with violence, fear...and a growing pile of dead bodies. At first Emmy wants nothing more than to forget her chilling new reality - but her admirer isn't finished with her yet, and before she knows it, Emmy's stuck in a nightmare she can't dance her way out of.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains detailed scenes of murder, rape, torture, sex and stalking, which may be triggering for some readers.
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