He had no regrets about how it ended. He would do it again if he had to. He'd solved the problem. Perhaps, in another life, if there was any to be had after this, he would be blessed with a stable course of existence. He was loading the gun as he thought this through. What reasoning had the Universe to grant him that? All he wanted was peace. And it'd taken a war to get it. But it was over now, and he could only hope he could apologize to everyone sometime in his immortal eternity, be it in heaven or hell or wherever the cosmos sent the boy who destroyed the world.
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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