17-year-old Alexa Luria tries to live a normal life with her mom, dad, and her best friend, Leyah Russel. But, when she goes on a double date with Leyah and her boyfriend, Luke Bryce, Leyah also brings along her other friend, Josh Samuels. When Alexa gets to meet Josh, she immediately takes a liking to him and enjoys being around him. But, when she starts to make Josh as her new priority, she spends too much time with him than rather being with her own family and bestfriend. But, the more Alexa spends her time on Josh, she gets more suspicious. When she's always visiting with him, she sees a strange looking figure made out of thin wood, feathers, and beads. Josh said it's supposed to keep the bad dreams away, so he said it's called a "Dream Catcher". Wherever Alexa goes, the Dream Catcher follows, and she just doesn't understand or even know what to do. That's when she knows things aren't right.. They're.. Different...
Emmy's life is going just as she'd planned: She's living in her own apartment, dancing every day and is just leaps away from being named her company's next Prima ballerina. And she's only 17. But all of Emmy's plans come to a screeching halt when the FBI shows up at her door to let her know that she's being stalked by a serial killer. Suddenly, the safe, insulated world she created for herself is riddled with violence, fear...and a growing pile of dead bodies. At first Emmy wants nothing more than to forget her chilling new reality - but her admirer isn't finished with her yet, and before she knows it, Emmy's stuck in a nightmare she can't dance her way out of.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains detailed scenes of murder, rape, torture, sex and stalking, which may be triggering for some readers.
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