Priya matches with Adrian on a dating app — a photographer with perfect photos, an uncanny knack for noticing exactly the right details, and knowledge of her life he has no reasonable way of possessing. By the time she notices he never blinks, it's already too late to simply block and move on.

As the pattern escalates — impossible phone calls, cameras activating on their own, a persistent hunger for access to her physical space — Priya and her best friend uncover a scattered network of women who've faced the same thing, across different apps, different cities, the same unnerving pattern every time. With the help of a digital security specialist and a folklorist who's seen this kind of threshold before, Priya fights to close a door she never meant to open — only to learn that closing it once may not be enough.

A slow-building, deeply unsettling horror novella about trust, technology, and the invitations we extend without ever realizing it. For fans of techno-horror, analog horror, and stories that will make you think twice about your next match.

Book Two of the Do Not Disturb series.