Pride is a household name in almost any country you go to, the family's name reaching to the far corners of the world and their influence hovering over everything like an ever existing storm.
That's what Lilianna Pride was, a storm. She was a tempest, raging inside and out, a wildfire, a volcano, a supernova.
The youngest of the Prides, Lila was somewhat a leader in their ranks. That was because of one thing, she was Powered. An anomaly in the gene of the Pride family granted them special abilities, only some of them. The ones with the Powers, especially the strongest, they were the leaders. Everyone else fell in line underneath. This was hierarchy, this was their way. The Pride's had a code, rules they must follow. But the hierarchy was getting hit by a storm, a devastating one, and Lilianna Pride is in the eye of the storm.
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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