Sleek Comes the Night

When seventeen-year-old over-achiever, Nic Lawson, discovers a mysterious girl with a tracker-bracelet on her ankle hiding in his barn, he has no inkling of the trouble about to invade his ordered existence. Until her toxic family infiltrate his town and begin to interfere in every aspect of his life. Stalked by the persistent Arkady clan: murderous cousin, persuasive father, calculating mother and captivating Mira, the girl in the hay, Nic risks everything to get rid of them. But they belong to the powerful, dangerous Bast cult 'The Felid', who always get what they want. And they know far more about Nic than he knows about himself, determined to reveal the truth no matter the wreckage. (Novella)

The fact the real world is not as appealing as the ones I create was obvious in kindergarten when I ran away from school to have a chat with Santa, triggering a police search. My imaginary friend, Wendy, who often came in handy to eat my peas, generously took the blame.