The prison wasn't much to look at from the outside.
It was merely a square building with crumbling corners from a glance, with short square spires spiralling from the sides, and a sloping, square-shaped entrance. Another look would reveal more than the faded (and square-based) resplendence that it clung to.
It sat, squat and ugly, the door frame gripping the moss-covered walls and tumbledown weeds with the last of its strength; the vines cascading from the outer walls like chains onto the winding path - overgrown and choked with all manner of flowers that exploded out in a iridescent mess.
It was really too bad it held the man who killed the king. It was even worse Orais had to visit him due to his mother's worries that her husband wouldn't last in such a building.
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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