THREE FINGERS BEFORE MIDNIGHT

In the quiet province of San Isidro, where old superstitions still breathe through cracked church walls and whispered prayers, 19-year-old Althea Velez transfers to Midnight Crest Academy after her mother's unexplained death.

She hopes for a new beginning.

Instead, she inherits an ancient curse.

Every night before midnight, Althea begins seeing a mysterious woman dressed in black and white, her face hidden behind three raised fingers.

The woman never speaks.

She only counts down.

Three fingers. Two fingers. One finger.

And when midnight strikes-someone dies.

As students begin disappearing, Althea discovers that the haunting is connected to a forgotten massacre, a vengeful spirit named Yumi, and a ritual performed decades ago by the town's elite families-including her own bloodline.

Together with enigmatic student Kael Reyes, whose family guards forbidden truths, Althea must uncover the mystery before she becomes the final vessel of the curse.

But the deeper she digs, the more horrifying the truth becomes

The woman is not hunting her.

She is preparing her.

Because some curses are not meant to be broken.

Some are meant to be reborn.