The Hollow Follows

When Mara Bloom moves into a quiet apartment to escape the chaos of her mother's death, she hopes the silence will heal her. Instead, it begins to speak back.

At first, it's small things-a flicker in the corner of her eye, her name whispered from an empty room, a shape in the mirror that lingers half a second too long. But the presence grows bolder, heavier, hungrier. A darkness seeps from the walls, one that knows her secrets, her grief, her guilt-and it wants to devour them all.

As days blur into nights, Mara begins to lose her grip on what's real. Her friends drift away. Her memories twist. The shadow that follows her begins to look familiar. Because it doesn't just haunt her-it is her.

Now Mara must confront the horrifying truth: the thing consuming her life might be the part of herself she's spent years trying to bury. And if she can't face it, it will take everything she loves-and leave nothing but the hollow behind.

"It's not following you," the darkness whispers. "It's waiting for you to stop running."