Smoke & Sirens

Rina’s spent her whole life pretending to be the perfect daughter in a town that suffocates secrets—but she’s done playing nice.



Ten years ago, her best friend vanished. No one remembers it—not her teachers, not the police, not even her twin sister. Only Rina and Caleb, her once-closest friend, still carry the cracks that night left behind. Now a college student working under a dangerously alluring manager at McDonald’s, Rina is caught between unraveling a decade-old mystery and falling into a reality that no longer feels human.



As her memories start to fracture and Caleb’s haunted sketches match her dreams, Rina realizes the truth didn’t disappear—it was buried. And some things buried don’t stay quiet forever.