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Some mirrors reflect more than just your image. Some remember.
When Alex and Mariah Winslow move into the eerie colonial estate of Graven Hollow, they believe they've found an artist's paradise-quiet, secluded, and filled with character. But soon, unsettling events begin to unravel their dream.
A hidden attic room.
A mirror that doesn't reflect quite right.
A whisper in the walls that knows their names.
What begins as minor disturbances quickly devolves into madness. Mariah loses time and becomes obsessed with the attic mirror, while Alex finds that reflections no longer mimic him-they anticipate him. As a shadowy presence watches them from behind every pane of glass, it becomes clear: the house is alive, and it is learning.
Graven Hollow holds a centuries-old phantom trapped in a cursed mirror-but the real horror isn't the ghost.
The mirror doesn't just watch.
It remembers.
And when it knows you well enough...
it replaces you.
In a final desperate attempt to break free, Alex uncovers the terrifying truth behind the mirror's origin, the twisted fate of its victims, and a revelation so disturbing it threatens to shatter his reality.
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