After a real estate development accidentally unleashes supernatural forces in a sprawling preserve near his small town, a police chief who secretly guards an ancient reality-bending creature that also lives there must reveal the truth to his daughter to protect their community and rebuild their relationship.

An introverted photographer’s orderly life in a dying mall is upended when a self-absorbed dilettante suspects him of murder; together, they confront their illusions – he must adapt to the pending collapse of his sheltered world, while she transforms into the honest narrator she only pretended to be.