pTears stream down her face as she feels the cold blade press against her neck. The sweet scent of her daughter's favorite strawberry pancakes all around, her last thought is for her beautiful girl. emPlease, please let Lisa have escapedem.strongppbrppWhen Detective Casey Whitestrong is called early one morning to a beachside vacation campsite in the Outer Banks, she finds the bodies of Carl and Peggy Pearsonstrong side-by-side, their throats cut, and their thirteen-year-old daughter Lisa nowhere to be found. strongHaunted by memories of her own missing girl, Casey fears this could soon become a triple murder because without the medication found in the bathroom cabinet, Lisa has just days to live.ppbrppAs her team struggle to untangle the meaning of the cryptic symbol carved into the victims' skin, Casey searches the area for signs of Lisa and is rewarded when she finds her blistered and barefoot, staggering along the highway. The girl barely has breath left to whisper 'he invited mest