Echoes of Deception
mishxshou
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  • Reads 74
  • Votes 10
  • Parts 21
  • Time 46m
mishxshou
Complete, First published May 20, 2023
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In the small, picturesque town of Ravenswood, a haunting secret lies buried beneath its idyllic facade. Alice Montgomery, a troubled young woman with a dark past, returns to her childhood home after years of self-imposed exile. Haunted by mysterious memories and plagued by relentless nightmares, she is determined to uncover the truth about her family's twisted history.

As Alice delves deeper into her investigation, she becomes entangled in a web of deceit, manipulation, and psychological warfare. Strange occurrences unfold around her, suggesting that someone is watching her every move. Paranoia grips her, blurring the line between reality and delusion.

As the tension mounts, Alice discovers a series of cryptic clues left by her deceased father, a renowned psychiatrist who had secrets of his own. With each clue unraveled, she uncovers shocking revelations about her family's involvement in a clandestine organization known only as "The Echo Project." Unbeknownst to Alice, she is now the key to unlocking its dark secrets.

Haunted by her own fractured psyche, Alice must confront her deepest fears and unravel the twisted truth before it consumes her. Along the way, she encounters a cast of complex and enigmatic characters, each with their own hidden agendas and troubled pasts.

As the boundaries between sanity and madness blur, Alice's relentless pursuit of the truth leads her down a perilous path, where danger lurks around every corner. Will she succumb to the darkness that haunts her or find the strength to expose the malevolent forces at play?
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Dark Whisper

6 parts Ongoing Mature

Ophelia Ravenswood has never been afraid of the dark... Until now. After her estranged father commits a gruesome suicide, the orphan returns to her childhood home to stay with her Uncle who lives deep in the woodlands of Woebrooke Grove. Ophelia expects to meet the lush forest, beautiful mansion, and friendly faces of her family. However, what she doesn't expect is the rot and decay that's consumed the land, and the mysterious veil that surrounds Foster Ravenswood - her enigmatic cousin with a dark secret. Although Ophelia has never met Foster before, she soon becomes suspicious of his strange behavior and cryptic intentions... For there might be more to him than meets the eye. With her life growing stranger by the day, Ophelia begins to suspect that something far more sinister is going on... There is something wrong in Woebrooke Grove... But when her sanity comes into question, Ophelia struggles to cope as she slowly descends into a neverending spiral of madness and paranoia - losing her grip on reality, and yet determined to unearth her family secrets and the skeletons hidden away within Foster's closet. However, what she may discover, is that some secrets... are better left untold.

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