The Midnight Grave of Lies
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theportraitofhistory
Ongoing, First published Aug 29, 2023
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Getting blamed for a murder she never committed isn't something Danielle expected when she let her anger get the best of her for once in her life.

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Danielle Imchen has always considered her boarding school- Calliope Academy, even with its looming dark stature and grey stone walls, to be pretty mundane. But witnessing three deaths, one of which is a murder has succeeded in convincing her otherwise.

Danielle never thought that her roommate- Arianna Khaling, a happy-to-go girl would be murdered in cold blood and that she would be accused as her killer. When the popular boy, Xavier Alvarez approaches her vowing to help her prove her innocence, she is left all the more confused. Because what can the principal's son want from a nobody like her? But she isn't complaining and will happily take all the help that comes her way.

In her quest to prove her innocence (so that she doesn't have to spend the rest of her life behind bars for a murder she never committed), she discovers that the ancient walls of her school hide more deep, dark secrets than she could ever think of and the people surrounding her aren't as innocent as they seem.
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