Lena Bennett

Lena Bennett had always gone through life unnoticed—hiding in the dark corners of her own story. Pretty enough, smart enough, friendly enough. Nothing extraordinary, nothing remarkable; completely average.

But when strange messages from an unknown number started blowing up her phone, every facet of her life was dragged into the light. And as the messages became more insidious, more threatening, more explicit, there was no longer any shadow left to retreat to. She had to obey—or risk him showing everyone exactly who he thought she was, one humiliating performance at a time.

Jace Quinlan

His new stepsister was nothing special. She drifted through life like a ghost. But something about her nagged at some dark, visceral part of him. She was vacant—and he was dying to see what she looked like with pretty pink painted across her cheeks.

What began as sick curiosity—a twisted joke—slowly morphed into something else entirely. With every passing day, he found himself fixated on her shy smiles as she read the words he sent… and fascinated as that joy turned to horror.