Every year, the teenagers disappear. Not in a puff of smoke, but in the dead of night—taken by men with dogs, loaded onto trucks. No one knows where they go. No one comes back.
Trapped inside the compound, Alex and his friends once found joy in foraging and adventure. But as eerie disappearances mount and chilling stories spread, the truth becomes impossible to ignore. Are the guards protecting them… or hiding something far worse? Are the creatures in the forest real? And when their turn comes, will they be sent to a new life—or something much darker?
Alex refuses to wait and find out. He has a plan. But in a world built on secrets, escape may be the deadliest choice of all.
