Armed with an old locket Priya had given her in childhood, Maya stepped into the shadows. “I know you’re still in there,” she whispered.

Maya had always felt like an outsider in her small town. When her popular best friend, Priya, suddenly changed after a mysterious fire at the local bar, Maya noticed something was terribly wrong.

Priya used to be bubbly and boy-crazy. Now, her smile was colder, her eyes darker. Boys who went on late-night walks with her didn’t come back the same—or didn’t come back at all.