I go to an underground academy in New York City. The elite spies get to go snobby private schools “which must remain unnamed” do to their safety. What about our safety? Ugh. The Elite. They even get their own name. Oh you’re probably wondering who we are? Well, we’re the ones who do the dirty work. The killing. No, we aren’t on the bad side. We actually kill the bad ones.
Now, you’re probably wondering how do future assassins get chosen to be taught to kill and not be killed? Well, usually the Scouts observe you without your knowledge and see if you have what it takes. Then you get a letter asking if you want to go to one of the most prestigious schools in America. If you say yes, you go into a meeting, without your parents, and they tell you how they see the potential of a future killer in you. All rainbows and sunshine right? You have to be at least 13 to go into the academy, and at least one person in your family history had to have gone through here when the school first opened in the 1800s. But for me, it was totally different. No one in my family had ever heard of this “academy”. I was in Seattle, I was 12, and I killed my father.
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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