Names of the dead
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"...my phone makes a pinging noise, signifying a text. I lift my phone to eye level, unknown number the screen tells me, I swipe the lock screen and messages comes up, the text is displayed there in clear arial font;
Ben Stredwick.
And another appears below it almost instantly.
You have one week..."
Willow Parks is a normal teenager, that is until she starts getting text messages from a stranger, these messages contain a name, Willow has one week to save these people, but how? Help comes in the form of a handsome young man who seems into Willow and she seems to be developing feelings for him. But what if he only has one week?
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