Mariana, now a web design graduate, looks forward to the day when she can start up a business, and work independently, and let the budding relationship between her and Carl blossom. When a mysterious package arrives in the mail with disturbing contents and the voice from the beach comes to mind, will Mariana have to surrender everything to catch her stalker? When the threats to her life become more real and the attacks on her become more frequent, will Mariana's psyche break? Events inspire Carl to make the plunge and ask her to marry him after a string of break-ins threatens their safety. Carl and Mariana know they love each other, but she realizes when their honeymoon is disrupted, a dawning need to find and meet with her father, General Woodward Richland, for answers. More strange gifts show up and she faces off with her aggressor in the couple's bedroom, nearly sabotaging her mental progress. Mariana's decision to attend an exhibition to honor Nathaniel Kilpatrick and a one-on-one meeting with the art curator of the Pennington Gallery for a chance for the job of a lifetime, sends her into peril again. When she faces off with the enemy a second time at the exhibition and loses the interview, she solidifies her decision. Since it all began, she has played the victim and allowed everything happening to her to isolate and paralyze her. Now, it is time to work to preserve her mother's memory, keeping her father alive and to catch the killer. Mariana must cast aside being the victim to become the hero. Will she catch the man responsible in time? Can the lieutenant compile enough evidence to help? Will everyone that she loves survive this madman? Content Warning: Material contains abuse, kidnapping, torture, and stalkish behavior.