etherealjqy
Chloe has always found Hazel... unsettling. Too quiet. Too poised. Too perfect. There's something just off about the girl who never loses her composure, even when blades are flying in fencing practice.
One rainy night, after a late practice at the academy, Chloe is stalked by something shadowy and inhuman. Before it can strike, Hazel appears out of nowhere-faster, stronger, and far more terrifying than any teenage girl should be. She saves Chloe's life, but not without consequence. Wounded and pale, Hazel brushes off concern with a chilling calm: "I'll be fine," she says-then vanishes into the night.
Now haunted by what she saw, Chloe is determined to uncover the truth. But the deeper she digs into Hazel's secrets, the more dangerous the world around them becomes. Monsters are real. And so is the girl who hunts them.
But what is Hazel really?
And why is she protecting Chloe?
A slow-burn supernatural thriller about trust, survival, and the masks we wear to hide the things that might destroy us.