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Maya Bennett has spent years trying to outrun the past.
Then she wakes up inside a house she doesn't recognize.
The doors won't let her leave. The elevator doesn't work. Rooms seem to change when she isn't looking. And somewhere inside the walls, a voice keeps calling her name.
But the house isn't random.
It knows Maya.
It knows the memories she's buried, the places she's afraid to go, and the truth she's spent years refusing to face.
Every room pulls her deeper into something she desperately wants to escape.
And the only way out may be through the one memory she can't survive reliving.
Some houses are haunted by the dead.
This one is haunted by you.
Content Warning
This story contains strong language, death, grief, childhood trauma, psychological horror, disturbing imagery, kidnapping, violence, references to the death of a child, and themes involving guilt, loss, and traumatic memories.
By Matthew R Castle, writing as Mateo Vale (pen name)
Some scenes may be intense or upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.