He stalked towards Amber in her moment of terror and she froze, unable to peel her eyes away from his ghastly towering features. His face was sunken in, eyes unfocused. His mouth twitched and drooled as if craving for something, anything, Amber. The smell of his rotting face made her stomach churn and it was all she could do is make sure not vomit then and there, again. His nails were dark and bloody, but She wasn't sure if it was his blood dripping from them. Finally Amber saw his gross discoloured skin close enough to see that it was falling apart. It was falling away from his muscle, his bones. Todd saw everything. She wasn't shooting it, why wasn't she shooting it?
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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