It was more than a white lie. It was deception on a grand scale. But the motive was admirable―to save the bright future of a deserving young man. And the victim, too, was deserving―an arrogant billionaire who would hardly notice his loss, crumbs from a vast fortune. All the plotters needed was a believable story, desperate and frightening, but false. Nothing bad was supposed to happen. They were only crying wolf. But what if the wolf were real?For Nat, a shining all-American boy with blue-collar roots, acceptance to New England's exclusive Inverness College seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. The chilling events that follow are nothing like what he imagined.It begins at Christmas break. Nat, unable to afford going home for the holidays, remains alone on the deserted campus.
