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Alina Fairgrieves-Byers and Gabriel Burton have learned to expect the worst, but that doesn't make things less disappointing.
𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄
( 𝐎𝐂 𝐗 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑 )
( 𝐎𝐂 𝐗 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐘𝐄...
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ALINA FAIRGRIEVES-BYERS has long since learned that the world won't give her a break. Everywhere she goes, disaster and mayhem follow—along with a healthy dosage of tragedy. She lost her father. Almost lost her friend. She was possessed, then nearly killed, then targeted by an interdimensional monster for the mysterious powers she still struggles to control. No matter where she is, she isn't safe—which is why her adoptive mom's decision to uproot the Byers household and ship them all off to California is such a nonsensical idea to her. After all, it's not Hawkins that's cursed: it's her.
Indeed, California isn't the walk in the park that Joyce Byers imagined it would be. Relentlessly bullied by her peers and desperately missing Lucas, Alina begins to act out, shooting back at others instead of shying away from conflict the way she used to. And when someone decides to go after El, who is still struggling to adjust to life outside of the Lab, Alina makes the final move that nearly ruins things for her completely.
Fortunately, there is a silver lining. If Alina can make it to spring break, she'll get to go back to Hawkins. A week with Lucas, her half-sister, Nicole, and all of the friends she's been aching to see seems like bliss—but Alina's not naive enough to believe that everything will be right as rain.
She's right, of course, though that doesn't make her any less disappointed. The day she arrives, a shocking murder rocks the town, which would be bad enough on its own without the details that unfold around it. Because the death of Chrissy Cunningham wasn't caused by some run-of-the-mill freak snapping out of control. There's a darkness unfolding, one that threatens to take over everything that Alina has ever known and loved. She'll have to fight her hardest in order to make it to the other side—and even then, she may not win.
A normal life was never in the cards for Alina Fairgrieves-Byers. But at this point, she's fighting just to have one at all.
GABRIEL BURTON is having a rough time. After the events of last summer, all he wants is for life to return to normal. Unfortunately, everything around him seems to be changing faster than he can keep up with. His boyfriend has moved away, his grandpa is sick, and he's worried he's growing apart from his friends. But even worse is the enemy that he's spent the past eight months battling—one he's not sure he can end up beating in the end.
