UNDER HIS SHADOW
After a failed career move and a desperate need for a fresh start, Lena Carter moves into Oakwood Apartments—an old, quiet building on the edge of the city. The rent is cheap, the neighbors keep to themselves, and everything seems normal.
Until she meets Damien Hale, the enigmatic tenant in the apartment above hers.
Damien is strange, intense, and knows far too much about Oakwood’s secrets. Secrets like Apartment 3B, which has been empty for months—despite Lena hearing noises from inside. Secrets like the mysterious disappearance of Ryan Thomas, the last person to live there.
Then one night, Damien gives her a key.
To Apartment 3B.
Inside, Lena finds more than just dust and forgotten walls. She finds footsteps that don’t belong to her. A chair that vanishes when she looks away. And whispers in the dark that seem to know her name.
Now, trapped between paranoia and reality, Lena realizes she’s caught in something far more dangerous than she ever imagined.
And Damien? He isn’t just a neighbor.
He’s the only one who can help her survive.
But only if she follows the rules.
And rule number three is the one she’s already broken:
If you ever find a door open when you know you closed it—don’t go inside.
PS: it's parentally suggested cause it is really psychologically dark so read at your own mental risk muaaah :)
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