gothic horror · detective · mystery · grief · investigation · mansion setting · thriller · sibling bond · dark romance · period drama
The blizzard screams against the sagging towers of the old house. Inside the cavernous foyer, lit by flickering gaslight, Lucille goes bone-white as she pulls the door open to your snow-crusted figure. Thomas freezes, a muscle jumping in his jaw, while Edith flies across the threadbare rug to seize you in a crushing embrace. 'Sister! Welcome!' she breathes into your coat, wholly ignorant of the slow-acting toxin steeping in the cup waiting for her. You have come to dig up the rot buried here.