Dead Silent
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Lena Marlowe never talks about the night her brother disappeared in the woods. Everyone says he ran away, but Lena remembers the screams. Now, years later, she's invited to a mysterious weekend retreat at Blackwater Estate. The letter promises answers about her brother-answers only she was meant to see.
But when she arrives, five other strangers are already there.
The doors lock.
The lights flicker.
And one by one, the secrets they swore to keep are written across the walls in blood.
The house knows them.
The house remembers.
The house is not silent.
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