All could be heard is the defining sound of gasping and leaves and little twigs on the ground being smashed under her bare feet.
Fog has become dense enough to limit the vision length to absolute nothing. Her feet might be bleeding, but she ignores the agony and keeps on running. She, for sure is lost and knew she might have been running in circles for the whole time, she might be even getting closer instead of getting distance, but she continues. She looks back again keeping on running and trying to clear her way by turning her hands around, in random directions like she is fighting an invisible extremely quick monster, or like a little kitten playing with an annoying fly.
She taps on her side pocked to see her treasure is safe. It seems fine.
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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