What now ran through my viens ran undeniably cold, electrified with a paralyzing fear causing my lungs to deflate, and my heart to claw at my chest. "Look at me." He demanded softly, barely audible, but the treat was eminent. It was a blade to the heart, literaly. The whimper did not penetrate my lips nor did the tears trickle from my eyes. I wouldn't dare.
Death snapped at my throat vicious and eager to tear me apart at the very seams of my existence, but it was restrained by the meager string that wrapped around his words.
Knowing that I had no other choice, I looked.
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Ava always had a fascination with death, her death to be exact. She would spend countless hours daydreaming of how it would all end, but that was her little secret. No one would have ever suspected Ava to be suicidal as she was this humble, intelligent, and kind girl that would "go very far in life". When Ava has the unfortunate privledge of meeting 'Him' she begins to question her very obsession. As a murderer his logic was derranged, but it was a truth that many failed to uncover. Along side this merciless serial killer Ava falls in a twisted world of sinister logic that begins to make sense.
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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