South
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Last published Sat, May 15, 2021
She's a target.
For 18 year old April Mathews life wasn't perfect, but it was normal.
She was a normal student, a normal friend, and a normal teen.
Unfortunately, her mother began to take notice, and decides that she needed to be more "outgoing", like she was at April's age.
What's her plan?
Why, to send poor April away for three months.
When kids start turning up brutally murdered, April finds herself set on one thing and one thing only, figure out who and why. But her time is limited as she, and everybody else are being hunted.
To make matters worse there's one lesson she must learn here...
Trust nobody
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