How does your night go from a game of Hide and Seek with your best friend, to your parents being murdered the same night? On top of that, you're sent to live with your mother and father's best friend, Mrs. and Mr. Harmon. Although Emily and her brother have no idea who these people are, they're given the luxury life and a dream every kid wants. However, those dreams soon turn into nightmares. A handprint in the dirt, a fired maid who still works in the garden, and a game where you have to kill to keep your soul from being sacrificed to a wicked book. When you enter the house, you follow the rules, you play the game... My name is Emily. I thought it was a normal, abandoned house. I thought she was a normal girl. I thought we'd play a normal game of hide and seek. Turns out I was wrong. Dead wrong...

Elise believed she knew her husband but maybe she didn't. The life they had built together, the safety. It may have been an illusion, that might threaten more than just their marriage. A single dark night changes everything, taking her somewhere she doesn't belong and can't leave. Even worse, is that locked doors aren't the only thing trapping her. Before she understands it, she's caught between the man she married, and the man who won't let her go. Leone is unraveling, helpless, with the worst possible outcomes running through his head on how this will end for him and his wife. Ledger is crossing his own boundaries, justifying every choice he makes as safety and care. Despite the voice telling him this has become dangerous. And Elise is in a far darker place. Locked away in house somewhere, with no decisions or choices of her own. She's the bargaining chip, the leverage, and running out of time to understand what the truth actually is. The question used to be simple. Why am I here? Now it's something else. Can I ever go home again? And beyond those answers, a different danger is closing in that might threaten her life. And it's not what lies between them. Highest Rankings: #1 Suspenseful #2 Psychological #3 Power Dynamics #4 Abduction #4 Manipulation #5 Disturbing

Viremont University was built for the elite - the powerful, the brilliant, and the dangerous. Tessa Vane arrives there wanting one thing only: freedom from the family name that has controlled her entire life. Quiet. Observant. Impossible to truly know, Tessa quickly realizes Viremont hides more than just privileged students and perfect reputations. Students disappear quietly there. Secrets are buried beneath polished hallways. And somewhere inside the university exists a society no one is supposed to find. Then there's Lucien Vale. The boy everyone fears. The boy who seems to know things before they happen. The boy who watches Tessa like he's trying to solve her. But the deeper Tessa gets pulled into Viremont's hidden world, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Because some secrets were never meant to survive the light. And Lucien Vale might be one of them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A psychological dark academia story filled with mystery, obsession, secrets, and slow-burn tension. by velvetvoid 🖤