CHAPTER 1-2: HOME

In darkness, the motor of the automatic garage door jerked to life, moaning as it pulled the paneled door up. The headlights of Alex’s pickup lit the room as they peered in underneath.

CHAPTER 1-1: BEACHED

The full Moon hung low over the ocean, casting its pale beams across the beach like a celestial floodlight. It was a perfectly clear spring night, not a cloud in the sky.