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Chapter One: The New Girl in Hollow Creek
After the tragic death of her parents in a mysterious fire, 17-year-old Elena Gray relocates to the fog-shrouded town of Hollow Creek to live with her stern Aunt Miranda. The town feels stuck in another time-quiet, cold, and unnervingly secretive. From the moment Elena steps off the bus, she senses something strange beneath the surface: too many eyes watching, too many warnings unspoken.
At school, Elena is treated like an outsider. The students avoid her, whisper her name, and act as though they know something she doesn't. She notices a boy sitting alone under a dead tree-Damien Virel, pale, sharp, and impossibly still. His silver eyes seem to recognize her, though they've never met. When she asks about him, she's told he's dangerous and off-limits.
That night, Elena begins to have vivid dreams of a woman in white, standing in the woods, calling her name. She wakes to find her bedroom window open-even though she locked it. Strange messages start appearing at school, warning her to leave. But something compels her to stay, and she finds herself drawn toward the forest everyone avoids.
In the woods, she's attacked by a creature with glowing red eyes. Just before it strikes, Damien appears out of nowhere, faster and stronger than any human. He kills the creature and tells Elena to staym away from the forest. "Next time," he says, "I might not be there."
As he vanishes into the fog, Elena realizes she's stepped into something ancient and dangerous. Damien isn't just mysterious-he's not human. And Hollow Creek is hiding more than just whispers in the dark.