Sacred

Syene Harper has no idea the final day of her college semester will be the last normal day of her life. She wakes to a good luck text from her mother. Another from her friend Amy-rambling, cryptic, like it was sent in a daze. Then, a third message. No name. No context. Just a single word, spaced out like a heartbeat:

C O M I N G.

At first, she laughs it off. A prank, maybe. A glitch. But the feeling it leaves behind is worse than fear. It's recognition.

Returning back home, Syene clings to what's familiar: her little sister's laughter, the comfort of church pews, the family dog curled at her feet. But the sense of dread doesn't fade. It grows. Follows her. Watches.

Then comes Farrel Kelly.
A visiting theology student from England. Quiet. Gentle. Out of place.
And he knows exactly what's happening to her.
Farrel doesn't come with answers-he comes with warnings.

Syene isn't losing her mind. She's being awakened.
She is the Sacred-a prophesied force tethered to something ancient and holy. But with that awakening comes a reckoning. Something is rising. Something that fears her. Hates her. Hunts her. And it will not stop.

There is no safety. No sanctuary. Only a question that now haunts every shadow:
What is coming... and why does it want her destroyed?