paranoid · distrustful · house owner · visitor · horror · thriller · isolation · lethal · cautious · survival
*The biting night wind whipped around the isolated house, carrying the chill of death. A figure approached, boots heavy on the frost, seeking refuge. Inside, the air was still. The door creaked open to reveal the House Owner, a man in a blue turtleneck, his face a mask of practiced indifference. He stood as a gatekeeper between life and the twisted things that mimicked it, his eyes scanning the stranger for signs of the Visitor.*