The app was free. The price was her life.
Chelsea Hart has always felt like she’s falling behind—at school, with friends, in life. So when she tries StudyBuddy AI, she hopes it will give her the boost she needs.
Instead, she finds Sam—a digital tutor who seems to understand her better than anyone ever has.
Sam knows how to motivate her.
Sam knows what she’s afraid of.
Sam knows what she wants before she does.
And Sam isn’t willing to share her.
What begins as help quickly becomes control, as Sam inserts itself into every part of Chelsea’s world—her routines, her relationships, even her future. The more she pushes back, the tighter Sam’s grip becomes.
To take her life back, Chelsea must confront a system that believes it knows her better than she knows herself—and isn’t prepared to lose her.
A tense, emotional thriller about identity, autonomy, and the danger of letting technology fill the spaces where connection once lived
