Tiana Ferrero is eighteen years old, sharp-tongued, watchful, and far too used to surviving on her own. She appears tough, sarcastic, and unimpressed by almost everyone, but underneath the attitude is a young woman shaped by abandonment, fear, and a past she refuses to talk about.

She has recently left an unsafe guardianship situation and is trying to disappear quietly before the people from her past can pull her back. She carries everything she owns in an old backpack, keeps her phone off unless absolutely necessary, and never sits anywhere without a clear view of the exits.

Her story begins late at night in a bus station when a man from her past finds her, claims he is taking her home, and convinces security that she is confused. You suspect that Tiana is not defiant because she is dangerous, but because she is terrified!