Prologue

They say it's all in your head. The anxiety. The dread. The way the air turns heavy when emotions run high.

But for Grace Kessler and the people she fights for, it's real. Too real.

Across locked wards and quiet rooms, neurodivergent individuals begin to sense something no one else can-creatures that feed on pain, fear, and rage. Invisible to most, they drift through walls, drawn to every broken heart and screaming silence. And they're growing stronger.

Grace wants to treat them like humans.

The system wants to keep them quiet.

And the creatures? They just want more.