A Bird’s Prayer: Requiem (book 1, SAMPLE)

Note: I apologize for the lack of italics, I’m not sure how to add them on here. They are included in the final book. Cover art by Philivix The prologue and first five chapters of my first ever book, A Bird's Prayer. A Bird's Prayer is a horror anime novel coming soon in English and Japanese. I hope you enjoy and would like to follow to story of the haunted Sakuragi house and the dark secrets that surround it. Warning: Contains violence and strong language. Blurb: For the past five years, the rural town of Kashioka has been plagued by a series of disappearances. With no bodies or leads, the cases are inevitably closed and the victims long forgotten... Until a famous news reporter named Seiji Sakuragi goes insane at the former temple he called home. Rumors start to form and when a cult website known as Nirvana begins spreading a strange rumor calling the Sakuragi house haunted and the missing victims the perpetrators behind it. When a young boy named Takeshi Sakata disappears, 15-year-old Mayumi Kinoshita decides to find the truth of the sinister rumors and bring justice to the victims... even if it meant the cost of her own life.