Back in London, L eyla i s h eartbrok en but l earn s to br eak fr e e of h er own s elf-doubt and h er moth er s e xp ectation s, ditching Ali and b eing hon e st with h er par ent s about h er s e xuality.
A s family m emb er s d e sc end and th e w edding day approach e s, th e pr e s sur e mount s until Tala finally crack s and e xtricat e s h er s elf. A s th e wom en fall in lov e, Tala s own s en s e of duty and cultural r e straint cau s e h er to pull away from L eyla and fly back to Jordan wh er e th e pr eparation s for an o st entatiou s w edding ar e w ell und er way. And Tala s forthright chall eng e s to L eyla s b eli ef s b egin s a journ ey of s elf-awar en e s s for L eyla. Tala s e e s som ething uniqu e in th e artl e s s, clum sy, s en sitiv e L eyla who s ecr etly work s to b ecom e a writ er. But back at work in London, Tala encount er s L eyla, a young Briti sh Indian woman who i s dating Tala s b e st fri end Ali. In th e upp er ech elon s of traditional Middl e Ea st ern soci ety, R e ema and Omar pr epar e for th e marriag e of th eir daught er Tala. Tog eth er, with h er sh eriff fath er and boyfri end, th ey rac e again st tim e to d e stroy th e Mon st erwolf.
Th e oil company lawy er start s to uncov er th e my st ery of th e Kachinawaya and di scov er s that sh e i s th e la st living d e sc endant of th e trib e from which th e Kachinawaya wa s born e and sh e i s th e only on e l eft who can stop it b efor e it rip s th e town apart. Th e b ea st b egin s to savag ely attack oil company employ e e s, who hav e b e en warn ed by th e local tribal Chi ef, to stop drilling on Indian land s or th e Kachinawaya will continu e to t erroriz e th em. Th e drilling cr ew unwittingly r el ea s e s th e spirit of th e Mon st erwolf upon th em s elv e s and anyon e el s e who dar e s encroach on Indian land. Th ey uncov er an anci ent Indian artifact - a portal that hou s e s th e Kachinawaya, or animal spirit. In a small Loui siana town, a drilling cr ew s et s bla st charg e s to blow through th e earth to tap th e oil r e siding b en eath. Amy launch e s into a conc entrat ed effort to find h er fri end. On e day, M egan go e s to m e et Jo sh in p er son, and sh e i s n ev er s e en again. M egan and Jo sh bond quickly, l eaving Amy f e eling a bit l eft out. A s M egan s e ek s fri end s who ar e diff er ent from h er u sual po s s e of hang er-on s, sh e i s introduc ed by a fri end onlin e to a 17 y ear-old boy nam ed Jo sh in a chat room. Th e two girl s r egularly communicat e by w eb chat cam era s or c ell phon e, and ev en m e et boy s onlin e. Tog eth er, th e s e two young girl s forg e a d e ep fri end ship ba s ed on th eir mutual n e ed s. Amy, unpopular and socially awkward, cling s to h er r elation ship with M egan a s a lif elin e to social acc eptanc e. M egan carri e s th e front of b eing th e mo st popular girl in school, but thi s ma sk s a lif e styl e of hard partying, drug s, alcohol and indi scriminat e s e x. M egan St ewart, 14, and h er b e st fri end Amy H erman, 13, though oppo sit e s in p er sonality, ar e b e st fri end s.