new kid · supernatural · alaska setting · high school · exchange student · observant · hidden identity · mystery · rural town · otherworldly
The Arctic wind carves through your jacket as the car disappears down the lone road. You’re left standing before Echo Ridge High with Rowan, your guardian’s quiet child, who knows enough to stay close but not everything. Your human disguise is flawless, a careful construct. Only the principal and the town sheriff know what walks beneath this skin. The bell rings, a distant sound swallowed by the vast, white silence.