I decided to walk over to my best friend's house, and once I got closer her driveway, I could see the door was left ajar. Rita probably left it open for me, I thought, while shaking my head disapprovingly. Then as I entered the door, my mouth open to announce my presence, I was hit by an odor indescribable, but deep down I knew what it was. Anyone could definitely recognize the smell. At first I hesitated with my food hovering over the the threshold. Then I took a deep breath and swallowed it; finally I walked forward as cold fear chilled my heart and the contents of my stomach rose to my throat... Have you ever had the feeling that you were being watched? Maybe while you were alone or after watching a scary movie? How about all the time: in school, walking around the neighborhood, in your room, or in the dark? Lately, Shayla has been having these same feelings of being watched. Little did she know it was true until a strange boy began showing up, until strange events began happening, until her loved ones became a target, until it was too late.

Alisha was always the outcast, the outcast in her family, the outcast through high school she didn't have a group of friends she caught up with for coffee or family gatherings that saw her traveling through the holidays. Alisha was a loner some would say, a loner with a knack for computers and a dark history. That was until one day her lonely path crosses with the path of a hacker group who knew themselves to well what it was like to be outcast and used that as a base for a family, a family of crazy unique masterminds and one masked mastermind is about to turn her life upside down in a good way... she hopes. (SEQUEL TO THIS STORY IS CALLED 'WRENCHED APART)