UNTETHERED (Paranormal)

There are some people who can see the world as it truly is-both the seen and the unseen. Lena Hawthorne was one of them, but she didn't know it at first. All she ever thought was that her strange and vivid dreams, the occasional fleeting glimpse of shadows, and the inexplicable chills running down her spine were just part of her anxiety. That is, until one night, when the walls between the living and the dead blur completely.Lena's ordinary life is turned upside down after a near-death experience in a car accident. When she wakes up in the hospital, she realizes that something within her has shifted. The world now feels different, as though she can see beyond the veil of reality. The once-familiar faces around her-her family, her friends-seem increasingly distant, as though they're untethered from her in a way that she can't quite explain.The first sign of this strange new perception is when she meets Kade, a mysterious man who appears in her dreams and on the edges of her reality, someone who feels like he's always known her. Kade isn't like anyone Lena has met before. He's not alive in the traditional sense, nor is he a ghost. He belongs to a forgotten realm-a realm that exists in the space between life and death, between the tangible and intangible. Kade reveals to her that she has become "untethered," disconnected from the normal world and drawn into a dangerous existence where the boundaries between life, death, and the supernatural are fractured.Kade is part of a group called the Sentinels, beings who exist in the liminal space, watching over souls who find themselves trapped between dimensions. These souls can neither move on nor return to the living world, and they live in a twilight state, slowly decaying, their memories fading into nothingness. The Sentinels' job is to guide the lost souls, but Kade has other plans. He believes that Lena's sudden awakening is a sign that she might be the key to solving an ancient mystery-a mystery that could restore balance between the worlds of the living and the dead.The more Lena interacts with Kade and the Sentinels, the more she learns about her new abilities. She can now see the Echoes, the traces of souls who have yet to move on. These Echoes manifest as faint, flickering shadows or lingering whispers, and they are drawn to Lena's energy, seeking her help or trying to warn her of something worse.As Lena becomes more deeply involved in this otherworldly realm, she begins to uncover a dark secret. A powerful force known only as The Hollow is attempting to breach the boundary between the living world and the realm of the dead. If The Hollow succeeds, it would plunge both realms into chaos, allowing lost souls to roam freely among the living and threatening to destroy everything Lena holds dear.Kade insists that Lena is the only one who can stop The Hollow, for her untethered state has granted her powers far greater than she could ever imagine. But there's a catch-if Lena remains untethered for too long, she risks becoming one of the lost souls herself, trapped forever in the space between worlds.