In the shadowed corners of a bleak reality, a young girl named Liora Selene struggles with the daily horrors of her oppressive home and the suffocating walls of her school. One fateful morning, a vivid and terrifying dream shatters the fragile remnants of her peace. In the dream, she sees herself on the brink of suicide, a bloodied version of her staring back with hollow eyes, delivering chilling warnings of a cursed fate.
Haunted by the dream, Liora's life spirals into a waking nightmare. The curse manifests when she begins to see ticking clocks on people's chests, counting down to their deaths. The flower that she picked up from her dream becomes the symbol of her doom. As she grapples with the horrifying visions and the heavy burden of her newfound immortality, she realizes she is condemned to witness the ugliest truths of the world forever.
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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