CEDAR HOLLOW

In the sharp, cold shadows of Cedar Hollow, secrets don't just bury themselves-they wait.

For years, fencing was more than a sport for Jade; it was a blade-thin escape route from a town where devotion felt like a chokehold and every smile held a hidden edge. Now, a world away from that insular Minnesota fog, she has finally found her footing. But as she lunges toward a new life, she begins to feel a presence she can't quite parry.

A shadow is lengthening behind her. A man who watches, waits, and weaves himself into the fabric of her reality. Is he a messenger from the home she fled, or a phantom born from the dark inheritance of her mother's mind?

As the lines between a calculated hunt and a psychological unraveling begin to blur, the games move from the fencing strip to the sanctuary of her own head. In a world where the past refuses to stay dead and her own senses are turning against her, she must discover if she is truly being hunted-or if the walls of Cedar Hollow were never really behind her at all.