In a small town, there lived a teen boy named Abyan who had faced more hardships than most. He lost his mother when he was just six years old, and his father left him, leaving him homeless and alone. Abyan was determined to keep his struggles hidden, always wearing a mask, both metaphorically and literally.
He had a kind heart and secretly helped the less fortunate. He didn't want anyone to know about his good deeds. In school, he was the target of bullies, who had no idea of the pain he carried.
Abyan worked hard to study, but the weight of his problems and the lack of support left him feeling depressed. He often found himself crying at the graveyard, praying for an end to his suffering.
One night, during a festival, Abyan took a handful of pills, hoping to escape his pain. That night, something extraordinary happened. It wasn't a dream, but a strange, otherworldly experience. A faceless woman appeared, screaming in an unfamiliar language and shook Abyan to his core. He begged her to take him away from this world, but then she vanished, leaving him shaken.
The following day at school, he felt an eerie presence behind him. It was during a game period, and everyone was on the field except him. He sat in an empty classroom, sobbing quietly. Suddenly, he heard a loud knocking from a school cupboard. He cautiously opened it, finding a page that read, "Your Lost Pages." As he turned the page, it got stained with blood.
Just as he was trying to comprehend this strange occurrence, he heard a voice calling his name. He saw a girl crying near the railing. When he approached her, a shadow engulfed them, and the girl disappeared. Everything returned to normal, and his classmates flooded the classroom.
That night, Abyan had a dream of the faceless woman again. She
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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