Fourteen-year-old Mary Ann Hamilton has always trusted the quiet rhythms of her small Elgin life-until the cracks begin to show. Her mother's late-night whispers. The missing money. A sudden disappearance followed by an even stranger return. glowing, secretive, and calling herself by a new name. When Mary Ann is swept into the orbit of Liam Robertson-a wealthy stranger with a smile carved from ice-she realizes her mother hasn't just changed.
She's stepped into a world built on lies, power, and a darkness Mary Ann was never meant to see. And now Mary Ann is the bargaining chip. As danger closes in and a chilling voice urges her to run, Mary Ann must confront the truth buried beneath her family's past. before it swallows her whole. Some secrets don't stay hidden. Some families don't let you go. And beneath the rock, something has been waiting.
Fourteen-year-old Mary Ann Hamilton has always trusted the quiet rhythms of her small Elgin life-until the cracks begin to show. Her mother's late-night whispers. The missing money. A sudden disappearance followed by an even stranger return. glowing, secretive, and calling herself by a new name. When Mary Ann is swept into the orbit of Liam Robertson-a wealthy stranger with a smile carved from ice-she realizes her mother hasn't just changed.
She's stepped into a world built on lies, power, and a darkness Mary Ann was never meant to see. And now Mary Ann is the bargaining chip. As danger closes in and a chilling voice urges her to run, Mary Ann must confront the truth buried beneath her family's past. before it swallows her whole. Some secrets don't stay hidden. Some families don't let you go. And beneath the rock, something has been waiting.