

How To Save A Life
She found him dead. Now he's in her room, alive. Deshawn Cervantes, the golden boy of Zobel College, was murdered on New Year's Eve, yet here he sits, silent and unmoving. But the universe demands balance, and Death itself will come knocking. To save Deshawn, Reniella De Vega must unravel his murder. Can she solve a crime the police couldn't, evade the relentless pursuit of Death, and find peace for a boy who's already gone, all while navigating the unsettling return of a ghost? Dive into a chilling mystery where life, death, and time itself are twisted into an impossible knot.There was a boy in my room. He sat on my cheap desk chair, leaning back as it squeaked slowly, long legs parted, hands in the pockets of his navy blazer. Golden sunlight filtered through the cracks in my blinds and melted against his smooth brown skin, making him an almost unbearable sight.
He was Deshawn Cervantes, no less. The expensive uniform of Zobel College, with its infamous eagle emblem, served as a stark reminder of who he and his family were. He was everything I wasn't, yet here he sat, seemingly very much alive.
I was trying not to look, because Deshawn Cervantes was not meant to be here. My bedroom was the last place he should have been. Deshawn Cervantes should have been dead. I knew that better than anyone else, because I found his body. It was at Ross Rivera's New Year's Eve party two days ago. Sprawled across the floor, he was as stiff as cardboard, red, hot blood pooling around him.
Yet, this was the second day he'd sat unmoving and silent on my desk chair. We had unknowingly cocooned ourselves in a soft silence, broken only when he finally met my gaze. Like ink spreading through water, he began to regain his color, and then, his voice croaked, "Am I in hell?"
