Whispering Shadows

Moving to a new town senior year was the last thing you wanted, but your mom’s job left you no choice. Shadowridge High seemed like any other school—rows of lockers, crowded hallways, and the usual cliques. Most students were normal. Some weren’t. At first, it was subtle. A student who seemed to vanish the second she turned away. A classmate who avoided the sun like it physically hurt. Eyes that gleamed unnaturally under the flickering cafeteria lights. You thought you were imagining things—until you weren’t. The town had rules. The supernatural students blended in, hiding in plain sight. Vampires sat beside jocks in the lunchroom. Faeries scribbled notes in chemistry. Shapeshifters joined the track team, disguising their unnatural speed. And no one—human or not—talked about it. You weren’t supposed to notice. You weren’t supposed to see the cracks in their illusion. But now that you had, there was no going back. And in a school where monsters walk the halls, ignorance might have been the only thing keeping you safe. All characters mentioned for story purposes are 18