BOOK TWO

In Seaside, the fog hides everything. But some shadows refuse to stay buried.

Charlie, Emma, Sam, and Lena are finally home, desperate to trade their trauma for the mundane. They want to be the women who worry about floral arrangements, pharmacy scripts, and hardware orders. They want to believe the "Ride or Die" pact they forged in kindergarten—the same bond that forced them to storm a human-trafficking ring to save one of their own—is a relic of a past they can finally leave behind.

But normalcy is the first thing to bleed.

The nightmare that began in the neon-soaked shadows of Panama City Beach has migrated to the rugged Oregon coast. It starts with a car idling too long in the mist and phone calls that end in nothing but heavy, rhythmic breathing. For Charlie, the psychological toll is a physical weight; her nights have become a battlefield of terror.

When the safety they fought so hard to reclaim is shattered, the girls realize they are all targets on the very streets they’ve walked since childhood.

Locked in a deadly game of revenge, the predator believes he is cornering the same broken victims he hunted on the beach. He’s wrong. The women of Seaside are no longer prey. This time, they aren't just survivors—they are the ones doing the hunting.

The peace was a lie. The war is just beginning.