

A Decayed Rose
Alina returns to her childhood home, a place scarred by a horrific family murder she barely remembers. Whispers of the past, chilling shadows, and forgotten memories stir, revealing a deeper, unsettling truth. Can she piece together her fractured past before the house's secrets consume her?The old house loomed under a perpetually overcast sky, its simple beauty marred by an unseen shadow. Alina stood before it, a heavy suitcase slung over her shoulder, her chocolate eyes scanning the familiar brick porch. A jagged crack, three inches wide, split the paneling near the door—a mark she knew she was responsible for, though the memory of its creation eluded her.
“Are you sure about this, Alina?” Dylan’s voice, concerned, cut through the quiet. She merely nodded, her gaze fixed on the house that had once been her home, the site of a horror she couldn’t fully recall.
Inside, the air was heavy with unspoken memories. As she set down her bags, a whisper slithered from the darkened hallway leading to the kitchen, a voice that was hers, yet younger, calling a name: "Claec, you’re here!" Alina whirled around, a knot of fear tightening in her stomach, but found nothing. Just shadows that seemed to dance with malicious intent. Was she losing her mind, or was the house truly alive with ghosts?
