The Gate
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|𝟏𝟏𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝| The real monsters hide in plain sight.
It's always been Lena Matthews' dream to work for the Agency and kill monsters like her father. When Lena is sent undercover to the gated community of Atalka, she is given a simple mission: blend in. But nothing is as it seems when Atalka's deadly secrets threaten to overturn everything Lena's ever known.
Manipulative mothers. New alliances. A mysterious supernatural killer. An invisible war between monsters and men is brewing, and Lena is caught in the middle with an impossible question: who are the real monsters of Atalka?
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