The storm outside is deadly. The predator inside is worse.
Evacuation orders came too late. McKenna and Travis are forced into a desperate bid for survival. Haunted by the recent death of her brother, McKenna clings to the belief that he's still alive. She pushes deeper into the wasteland—and straight into the path of violent scavengers. Roads become impassable, supplies disappear overnight, and escape is reserved for those who can afford it.
Battered and vulnerable, they wake up in a luxurious estate built to withstand the coming storms. It feels like salvation.
Until Liam.
Charming, attentive, unstable, and obsessed with McKenna, the mayor's son turns the gilded refuge into a psychological cage. He feeds her denial and isolates her from Travis, eroding her grip on reality. The quiet horrors within the manor's walls are far more dangerous than the tempest outside.
When dark clues emerge about her brother's fate, McKenna must confront the painful truth she has spent months running from. To survive, she'll have to escape a man who refuses to let her go, face the deadly world outside once more, and return to the family she hopes is still alive before her sanctuary becomes her tomb.
