High School. Alot of people say it's the hardest thing you'll ever do. But they don't know me, or my secret. Imagine your world, but with a few tweaks. Ever since WWI, Heaven and Hell have had to be extra picky about who they let in, because of how little space there is nowadays. Because of this, people's spirits will be trapped in our world. The people who can see them are called Perilists. A Perilist's abilities show when they are one month old, so when you turn one month old, you are brought by your parents for a PT (Perilism Test) to see if you can see ghosts. Most people don't like this, because the children, if they are Perilists, will then be taken to the nearest PTF (Perilist Training Facility). From that day forth, the children are trained to hunt, fight and kill ghosts, until they turn six years and one month old. That's the day when they will be assigned their first haunting to get rid of. If they succeed in killing the ghost, they are sent after more ghost sightings. Where do I fit into all of this? Simple, i'm a perilist, but I didn't get my abilities until my Dad, also a Perilist, died on the job when I was five. Ever since I've been on the run, and now that I'm in High School, it's gonna be a whole lot harder to hide.
With a new name and new life, Nathan must learn to fit in at an Academy of the Feral Investigation Bureau, or risk being sent back to prison.
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Escaping prison was only the beginning for inmate C41. Now on the run and going by Nathan, he's enrolled in an American Academy for training agents and joins the Feral Investigation Bureau, charged with hunting down criminals and sending them to the same place he just escaped. But after learning how blurred the distinction is between feral and non-feral, Nathan is forced to flee with his sister and his boyfriend, only to discover their safe house hides a secret that might cost Nathan his freedom.
Content and/or Trigger Warning: sex and violence. [Note: failed suicide attempt]
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