Black Heart Red Ruby

<p><strong>A ruby red obsession... </strong></p><p></p><p>Rock bottom. Familiar with it?</p><p>I'm living it.</p><p>It's a high school expulsion and a dead end job.</p><p>A future as a pathetic nobody.</p><p>But you know what they say about rock bottom?</p><p>There's nowhere to go but up.</p><p></p><p>I've got an ace up my sleeve. Or rather...a ruby.</p><p>Priceless. Magical.</p><p>A wicked jewel that can raise the dead.</p><p></p><p>There's only one problem.</p><p>I don't have it...</p><p>Yet.</p><p></p><p>It's hidden in an old mansion by the sea.</p><p>You know the kind. There's one in every small town.</p><p>A house with an overgrown lawn and a grave or two.</p><p></p><p>Locals whisper about the ruby's bloody history.</p><p>Tales of murder madness and curses...</p><p>But that's just a load of crap.</p><p>Made up to scare off treasure hunters and tomb raiders.</p><p>Right?</p><p></p><p>Good thing I'm neither of the above.</p><p>I'm just a girl trying to make ends meet.</p><p>Every story needs a hero.</p><p>Every hero sheds a little blood...</p><p></p>