Into the Peaks

The car speeds up, heading through the tall pines that line the winding road. I feel the vibrations of the music rattling up the door. I turn to face him, and he smiles at me- "-Izzy...where did you go this time?" "I was in the woods again...In the Pines." I closed my eyes and mentally repeated the words I had been chanting for the last five years."What have we said about it? Use your words, Izzy. It's alright to say them out loud.""I'm safe, I'm alive, I'm strong, I survived," I said in almost a whisper. But I knew that wasn't completely true... I wasn't safe. Once known as a young, rising, Hollywood star, Isabelle "Izzy" Chambers's life was completely turned upside down after narrowly escaping a serial killer. Her formerly busy and vibrant life was now dull and lonely, especially when her once-missing girlfriend, Eyvette, was pronounced dead. Then, on the fifth anniversary of her homecoming, the rest of...