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Something sinister lurks in the shadows beyond the walls of Ariana Dewitt’s childhood home. It watches from a distance, a vicious hunter patiently awaiting its prey. It is an evil, responsible for the torment and deaths of so many. Had it not been for an unexpected ally, Ariana and her mother would likely not have survived. Years later, fourteen-year-old Ariana is a loner. She has no interest in making friends and would prefer just to be left alone until a new boy, Davis starts at her school. From the moment he walks into her class, Ariana’s world begins crumbling around her. Davis’ arrival jars loose more than just memories of her past. Strange things start happening around them and they must work together to try and figure out the reasons why. Someone is calling to her from her childhood home, reminding her of a long-forgotten promise to return. Ariana must work to overcome her childhood fears and face the monster that nearly claimed the lives of her and her mother so many years ago but even heroism comes at a steep price.

Ariana Dewitt starts out in a terrifying life and death experience when her mother’s boyfriend stabs her mother. Things turn from bad to worse when she goes to live with her grandmother while her mother recovers. There is something sinister lurking on her grandmother’s property in the Tennessee mountains. She makes a new friend while she’s there named Betty, a dead girl that helps Ariana to understand the trouble she’s in. An alliance is formed and a promise is made for Ariana to return when the timing is right to help Betty to defeat the evil presence so that Betty may finally rest in peace. Many years later, the horrors of her past feel like more of a bad dream to Ariana when a strangely familiar boy named Davis moves to Ariana’s school. From the moment she sees him, her past comes back to haunt her along with dreams of a long-forgotten promise she made to Betty. Something else is spurred with Davis’ arrival as well. Ariana starts gaining magical abilities that are stronger when Davis is around and she is not the only one. Will she be able to put her fears to the side and fulfill her promise to Betty or will she pay the ultimate price in her battle with the nefarious forces of the Great Beyond?