In this intriguing story, we meet Lillie Jace, an ordinary girl who considers herself part of a typical group of friends. However, everything changes when she visits Rorretville, North Carolina for a school assignment. This town is notorious for its chilling urban legend. As Lillie becomes entangled in a series of increasingly unsettling events, she begins to question the veracity of the stories and suspects that there may be some truth to them. Along the way, she stumbles upon fascinating revelations about her own past and discovers that her identity and current circumstances are far from average or ordinary.