Mortel anniversaire

**Extrait**

Prologue
La sir ene de la police. En pleine nuit. Sur les hauteurs de Nogared.
Anais etait effondree. Qui aurait pu prevoir cela ? Elle devait pourtant
affronter la dure realite. Ses quatre amies aussi. Élise, Lucile, Camille et
Leslie. **Unies comme les doigts de la main.** Et agees de seize ans.
On les surnommait les 5. Tout simplement.
Les 5 allaient devoir etre soudees comme jamais. Plus encore que pendant leurs
matchs de basket.
Des phares trouerent la nuit. C'etait la voiture des policiers. Anais poussa
un profond soupir et se leva, pas certaine de tenir le choc lors de leur
interrogatoire.

Prologue
The police siren, in the middle of the night, in the hills above Nogared.
Anais was distraught. Who could ever have foreseen such a thing? Yet she had
to face the harsh reality of the situation. So did her four friends, Élise,
Lucile, Camille and Leslie.
**They were as close as they come** , all of them sixteen. They were known as
the 5, simple as that. But now the 5 would have to be more closely-knit than
ever - even more than during their basketball matches.
Headlights lit up the dark night. It was the police car. Anais gave a deep
sigh and got to her feet, not certain that she would be able to cope with it
once they started their questioning.