Images of the other five pounded through her mind, excruciating pain excreted out of every pour of her body. She could still see all their faces, see the blood that drained out of their lifeless corpses as he slammed their heads in with a bat. Their eyes pleaded with mercy, to spare them even if it was just for another day; but not one of them lived with the exception of her.
Was she really meant to? Was she supposed to be slaughtered in that house? Was she already dead and merely a ghost that would meander the earth for all eternity, an arduous soul with the only reminiscence of the worst day of her life?
Then she saw the same hazel eyes she saw that night, the same eyes of the killer who murdered their killer.
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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