Mallory Frederick, a silent, celibant girl, with short red hair, cut choppy to the chin, slices in her wrists and a sad, makeup free face, and dark jeans and a black t-shirt, lost her parents two years ago in a terrorist bombing. She never spoke a word after and never sang after. What happens when the new girl in town, with the raven dark hair, the strong beak like nose and malevolent eyes knocks her walls down forcefully, revealing an amazing and terrifying secret?
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Tess, is a shifter. She spends most of her time as a raven, and uses her birth name, Secret Cave Where Treasure Hides (not an exact translation into human tongue of course, in raven it has a deeper meaning, bringing an actual image of a dark cave, with glinting treasures, lit by a full moon) until she encounters her heart's shade. A smaller girl, with red hair and dark clothes, lying over a double grave at midnight silently sobbing. Tess shifts into her less comfortable human shape, feeling an odd desperate urge to comfort this human.
Secrets, lies, betrayal, and obsession.
Tragedy is only the beginning.
Eden Willmore has spent the last five years shunning her wealthy family and running from her troubled past. She learns the terrible news concerning her youngest sister. Her sister, Emily, is being harassed by a disturbed stalker. Eden invites Emily into her protective bubble to reconnect. But a horrible event brings Eden's dysfunctional family back into her life and into the small town of Ravenwood. Eden isn't the girl she used to be. She wants to come to terms with her traumatic childhood and confront those who have betrayed her, but things only worsen.
After surviving a devastating massacre, things with her family slowly begin to improve. Broken bonds are mending when an old foe moves to Ravenwood. Eden thinks her enemy is out to cause havoc. She's threatened by her secret past that has the ability to destroy the happy home Eden has dreamt about.
Eden must fight for the safety of her loved ones as the world around her begins to crumble. But certain things aren't adding up. Maybe the danger is merely imaginary or a side effect of paranoia. Maybe Eden's old enemy isn't an enemy at all but only a distraction from the real problems she now faces.
Eden must convince those around her that the danger they're in is just as real as her fears.
(This story is complete.)