The First Watch | A Horror-Mystery

When the coldest winter in Ontario's history freezes a town into silence, strange things begin to stir beneath the snow.

After the death of her fiercely loyal animal companion, a grieving young woman finds herself watched over by Leo - a small but fearless cat who senses danger long before it arrives. As animals across the town begin behaving strangely, disappearing or standing guard over homes and graves, it becomes clear that something has awakened in the cold.

Voicemails arrive from blocked numbers. Footsteps circle houses without leaving prints. Familiar voices speak from the dark - not living, not dead.

As the boundary between love and loss fractures, the protagonist must uncover what the town buried years ago... and why the dead may not be finished protecting the ones they loved.

A slow-burn horror mystery about grief, loyalty, and the terrifying idea that love doesn't always let go

This story is for the ones who protected us when no one else could - and for the love that refuses to disappear, even after death.