Introduction

I ran from the New Dawn Sanctuary, leaving behind Prophet Elijah' s twisted sermons and Caleb' s possessive gaze, hoping for a real family with my biological parents.

But on a remote "bonding" trip, my mother Brenda, father Earl, and brother Kyle revealed their true colors.

They were selling me back to the cult for money, despite my pleas, abusing me, and cutting my hair.

Delivered back to the Sanctuary, my adoptive mother Seraphina didn't recognize my battered self, ordering me to the feared Re-Education Quarters.

Then, a forgotten nickname, "Sunshine," cracked her icy demeanor.

Seraphina's recognition unleashed a terrifying, blood-soaked fury on my biological family, punishing them with mutilation and imprisonment for daring to "harm what was hers."

Trapped once more in their gilded cage as "Chloe," I realized the horrific depth of their possessive "love" and the monstrous evil of the cult.

My heart hardened with a desperate resolve: I couldn't escape a second time, but I could burn it all down.

With the help of a hidden FBI agent, Anna, I concocted a reckless plan – sacrificing my own body in a staged attack to draw out the cult leaders.

My pain would be their reckoning, and the sirens I heard would be our salvation.