A rebellious 19-year-old high school student is pulled back a year. Why? Because he's a bully, but one of a kind. People have labelled him a violent psychopath, and that's not far from the truth. He tortures and hurts students, but claims he only does it for fun. If that doesn't sound like something a psychopath would do, then I don't know what does. His behaviour is unpredictable and impulsive. Unfortunately for his classmates, the teachers fear him so much, that they look the other way whenever he acts out.
One day, the bully crosses paths with a gang leader - the man behind most crimes. Without the 19-year-old realising, their paths gets entangled, and he'll no longer be able to escape the responsibility for his actions.
* * * * *
As for the gang leader... well he's not much better that the high-school bully. In fact, he's much worse. The older male is manipulative, selfish, and dangerous. The biggest difference that the two have (other than their age), is that the gang leader is a very composed man, able to slip away from trouble, able to escape responsibility.
Two power-hungry beasts.
Will the two change for the better, or the worse?
The two are obsessed with being in control - with being at the top. Blood is power. Pain is control. And fear from others is dominance.
But is that all to life? Is having blood on your hands really what's most important to have power?
Read on to find out...
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.
*****
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.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]