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Kat and Kayleb are lost, bloody, and trying to run through the states from the failing government. All they have to do is cross the border to survive. But when they run into Dakota, Kayleb's girlfriend from back home, things start getting fishy. Soldiers continue to chase them, almost like they are being... tracked... but why? They're just a bunch of teenagers, right? When feelings are being muddled and traitors among them, will they make it to Mexico alive?
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