the girl they buried 𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧

At fifteen, Evie Monroe vanished from a grocery store parking lot in the middle of a summer afternoon - barefoot, sunburnt, and one step away from the beach. The town searched. Her family shattered. And somewhere between the headlines and the whispers, she became a ghost no one expected to see again.

Four years later, she returns. Older. Quieter. Changed in ways no one can explain. Her brother is dead, her family broken, and the girl she used to be is long gone. Now, back in the Outer Banks, Evie must navigate a town that both mourned and forgot her - and a darkness that didn't stay behind.

Because the truth didn't die when she disappeared.
It followed her home.