She was freshmeat. A girl with hair darker than night itself, each strand glistened like stars would. Her voice was kept in her throat, only being heard at the rarest of times. She wasn't weak like her appearance, she slowly fighting within her body. She was something no one would have thought to be seen next to their school president. The school council were the only ones who knew the ways of the president. A smile never reaches his face, his skin never touched another's and his admireres are afraid to go near him. Josephine was one the unknown ones, no one knew if she was lucky or not to be an errand girl for the school president. They did know, however, she was never meant to be by the president side. She was never meant to be one of the tainted.
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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