In a town where reality is thin and nightmares bleed through the cracks, three demons walk the human world in secret. They serve an ancient master—an all-seeing entity beyond dimensions, far worse than any monster whispered about. He demands a sacrifice to break into this world fully. Their mission is simple: find the girl and deliver her. But as the shadows deepen and the Upside-Down–like realm stirs, something goes wrong. Instead of dragging her to their master, the demons fall in love with her—and now they must choose between the end of the world… or betraying the god they fear most

The woods are alive—branches creaking like bones, a low pulse thrumming beneath the soil. She follows the sound without realizing it, flashlight shaking in her hand, breath fogging the air. Something is watching. Something always is. The world glitches. Lights die. The trees stretch too tall, too close. For a second, she sees something, a silhouette bleeding through reality, reaching. And then the demons appear. Hands grab her wrists, shadows coil around her ankles, the air turning cold enough to burn. She screams—but not for long. The forest swallows the sound. They see her the way their master does: marked, chosen, the perfect sacrifice. But she fights. Harder than she should. Reality snaps. She breaks free, crashing through thorns and roots, blood warm on her skin as she stumbles out of the woods and into the dark road beyond. The forest goes silent behind her. The demons don’t follow. They just watch.

Because no human was ever meant to escape the master’s reach—and now they can’t stop thinking about the girl who did