“Sometimes the dead can’t be
silenced.”
Violet
Ambrose is struggling to put her life back together after the events in The Last Echo. She now lives with an
ever-present imprint of her own. Forced by Dr. Lee to stay in the FBI team led
by Sara Priest, he keeps check on her weekly through unproductive office
visits. The only true help he is able to provide Violet is the pills that allow
her to sleep, drowning out the imprint. She has stopped her visits to the
team’s center. She closed herself off from all of her friends over the summer
despite their attempts to reach out to her. Her parents and boyfriend Jay are
concerned by her behavior but allow Violet her space.
The start of
senior year of high school brings a major surprise for Violet and Jay. Two new
students have enrolled, Rafe and Gemma. Violet is further dismayed to find Rafe
shares the majority of her classes. Turns out Dr. Lee is responsible for their
transfers. Violet isn’t keeping her end of their bargain and fully committing
to the team. She will work with Sara priest and the others. Dr. Lee continues
to threaten to harm her friends and family.
In an attempt
to get into the swing of things, Violet agrees to meet her friends at the lake.
On her way there, two echoes cause her to take a detour to follow them. Finding
herself at a locked gate to the house, Violet decides to check out the scene
herself instead of calling for backup. Inside the house, she discovers three
bodies but only two echoes. She knows the only person she can call is Rafe and
calling him means letting Sara know as well. She persuades her Uncle Stephen to
let her visit the scene again. Placed on a couch are a man, woman and little
boy. Violet notices again that the little boy doesn’t have an echo. In looking
around the house, she sees a photo on the refrigerator of a young couple
dressed for a dance. Not knowing who the girl is, they assume she is the dead
couple’s daughter, who is missing. Violet recognizes the boy in the photo. It
is Grady Spencer, the boy who tried to forcibly kiss her at a party last year.
She lets her Uncle Stephen know.
Back at home,
Violet’s mother has found a box of keepsakes that belonged to Violet’s
grandmother, the one she shares her ability with. Digging around, she discovers
that her grandmother kept journals for many years. At first, she believes
reading them would be an invasion of privacy but her grandmother is the only
other person she knows who had the same ability. Getting a glimpse into her
life, Violet realizes why she didn’t get an echo from the little boy. Calling Sara,
she asks if the little boy was missing his heart. Shocked, Sara tells her he
was and Violet lets her in on her suspicions.
Uncle Stephen
stops by to inform Violet that Grady is a suspect. Even after all that happened
between them, Violet doesn’t believe that he is the killer. She goes by his
house just to check if he carries an echo. She is relieved her doesn’t but is
bothered by the fact that everyone at school gossips about him. Rumors are also
going around about the student who discovered the bodies. Violet’s name isn’t
mentioned but her friend Chelsea voices her suspicions to Violet.
If Grady isn’t
the killer, then who is? What other secrets about her grandmother does Violet
uncover by reading her journals? What is Dr. Lee adamant about Violet not
quitting the team? Will Chelsea uncover Violet’s secrets? Can Rafe and Jay put
aside their differences to be there when Violet needs them?
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