Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Chapter 1. Martha – 24 January

Chapter 2. The Stain of a Soul

Chapter 3. No Bullet Can Stop the Dead

Chapter 4. Rotting Leaves and Dead Things

Chapter 5. There’s Something Out There

Chapter 6. Dead Men Rise with the Mist

Chapter 7. A Howl Shatters the Night

Chapter 8. Winter Brings Hard Choices

Chapter 9. I Know Nothing About Him

Chapter 10. Why Would It Follow Me Here?

Chapter 11. Things Passed Down in the Family

Chapter 12. Time Is Running Out

Chapter 13. Just Leave Now

Chapter 14. A Dark Shape on the Ground

Chapter 15. At Least We Have Each Other

Chapter 16. A Horde of Desperate Faces

Chapter 17. Blow Out the Candles

Chapter 18. I Don’t Want to Die Without Kissing Him

Chapter 19. No One Should Suffer This Fate

Chapter 20. Pure Evil Stares at Me

Chapter 21. Black Hole of My Nightmares

Chapter 22. Where There Is Thread, There Is a Blade

Chapter 23. Our Family Tree Is Twisted

Chapter 24. A Single, Clean Blow

Chapter 25. No More Secrets

Chapter 26. A Tiny Knock at the Door

Chapter 27. A Pretty Girl Smiles Back

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Copyright