"You don't have to be afraid. I'll keep you safe." Melanie Nicole Foster is considered to be one of the hottest teens of Lakewood. She, like many others in the town, has secrets she'd rather keep in the dark. Her boyfriend is less than perfect, and she's also been around. Long time friend and Nina Patterson knows more than she's letting on about the younger of the Foster siblings. After Nina is found dead she finally feels like she can breathe. But with a killer in town that loves to expose people Melanie's life tumbles. Her breath of air is cut short and she finds herself suffocating.

Rebecca moved to Lakewood her sophomore year after a tragedy. She was adopted by the Fitzgerald's. Rebecca was hoping for a new start. A life without horrors. She befriended Audrey and Noah and besides Nina's constant torturing she got a simple life. Then two years later tragedy hits Lakewood once again with the murder of Nina Patterson. Rebecca is scared for her life once the killer starts targeting her. They know her past and they want to expose it. "What's the point of saying you love me like a friend? What's the point in saying it's never gonna end?"