In the dimly lit streets of Atlanta, Georgia, a sense of unease settled over the residents. It wasn’t just the usual concern for crime and safety that had them on edge, but a creeping feeling that something more sinister was lurking in the shadows. And for Emily Jenkins, a single mother, that something was her 18-year-old daughter, Olivia.

Olivia’s transformation had been swift and drastic. Once a bright and bubbly high school student, she had started to withdraw into herself, her grades slipping, and her relationships with friends and family strained. At first, Emily had attributed it to the usual teenage angst, but as the months went by, something seemed off. Olivia’s eyes, once bright and full of life, had lost their sparkle, and her smile had grown tight and controlled.

As Emily watched her daughter slip away, she began to notice other changes. Olivia’s behavior grew increasingly erratic, her moods swinging wildly from one moment to the next. She would lash out at Emily for insignificant things, her anger boiling over like a pot left on the stove for too long. And the most unsettling thing of all – Olivia’s fascination with the darker aspects of life. Rock music, heavy metal, and anime had always been a part of Olivia’s make-up, but now it seemed to seep into every aspect of her being, like a poison spreading its roots deep into the earth.

Emily tried to reach out to her daughter, to grasp at the girl she once knew, but Olivia pushed her away, her rejection a physical blow that left Emily reeling. As the months went by, Emily’s exhaustion grew, her frustration with Olivia’s behavior turning to a cold, hard anger. Why was she doing this? What had she done to deserve this kind of hurt?

In the end, it was Emily’s own fears that drove her to the final act, a desperate attempt to rescue her daughter from the darkness that had taken hold. But as she stood in Olivia’s bedroom, staring down at her daughter’s succubus bathtub-drowning-suicide act, she realized that she may have been the cause of the very pain she had been trying to heal. In that moment, Emily Jenkins watched her daughter go black, consumed by the very darkness she had always feared.