A story about trauma, survival, and living with the weight of something you can’t undo.
A gripping debut from teen author Franceska Richards, I Thought I Killed You is a heart-pounding mix of sci-fi horror, psychological suspense, and buried secrets.
She thought it was over.
She thought he was dead.
She was wrong.
Rosey Rockingson has tried to forget the night everything changed—the screams, the blood, the impossible choice she made. In a world overrun by a virus that turns people into something less than human, she did what she had to do to survive.
But when a familiar face shows up—one she thought she’d buried with the past—her reality begins to crack. Memories don’t line up. The truth won’t stay quiet. And someone, or something, is hunting her.
As Rosey races to piece together what really happened, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: the dead may not be her biggest threat.
Some stories are written to entertain.
This one was written because it had to be.
I Thought I Killed You is a raw, unfiltered account of a moment that changes everything — and the aftermath that follows. The guilt. The fear. The silence. The years of carrying something no one else can see.
This book doesn’t soften the edges.
It doesn’t offer easy answers.
And it doesn’t pretend healing is linear.
It simply tells the truth.
This book is for readers who are willing to sit with discomfort.
Inside these pages, you’ll experience:
-The immediacy of a moment that can’t be taken back
-The emotional weight of believing you’ve destroyed a life
-The long, quiet consequences of trauma
-Survival without neat resolution
-Healing that comes slowly — and imperfectly
This is not a redemption story.
It’s a survival story.
*I remember thinking it would be quiet after.
That once it was done, the noise inside me would stop.
But it didn’t.
The world kept moving.
And I was stuck in that moment — replaying it over and over — wondering how a single second could split a life in two.*
Franceska Richards is a teen author who writes psychological fiction that explores guilt, silence, and the stories people tell themselves to survive.
I Thought I Killed You is her debut novel.
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