Whatever darkness and pain be bestowed upon me,
I do what I do for it is meant to be.
Forgive me, sister, for I can lie to them no more,
The secret we hold becomes a wound gone sore.
To the rest of the world, Cecilia Swan remains a mystery no one could understand . . .
Well, almost no one. Hardly letting anyone see who she really is, she's made it her job to keep what are yet the deadliest secrets one could bear to keep...
Yet she is drawn by the trust she has laid upon one of her closest friends and a boy who seem to have claimed her heart. As time passes, she is forced to decide the number of truths and lies she reveals to them.
But revealing certain secrets could cause all kinds of dangers . . . Maybe even cost one's life . . .
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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