Kristen Black lost her best friend right after their 14th birthday; after she walked into the woods and disappeared; after a boy she grew close to came and left. No one knows if Diana is alive or dead, not a trace of her was left. Three years later on her 17th birthday, strange things start to happen. On a camping trip celebrated with her friend Alfire and her parents, went horrible wrong when an overnight lake nap away from camp resulted in her parents disappearance... gone...kidnapped. When on a search for her family Kristen encountered a beast that had chased her and Alfire into a hole of darkness, and into a strange camp; where Kristen runs into the one person she never thought she would ever see again.

Beckham O'Neil has been moved from foster home to foster home, nothing in his life has been stable for him, except for his running. Everyone has him stereotyped as the quiet trouble-maker that sits in the back of the class. The only two people that are willing to give him a chance are Lacy, the nice studious girl, and Coach Westcott, who makes him join the football team.