Elysian

<p>There's a certain charm in a life lived on the surface. Polished smiles measured choices and a future that feels like a neatly wrapped gift. That's the life I was destined for-or so I thought-until Thornfell Manor called me into its shadowed halls. A house as beautiful as it is unnerving Thornfell pulses with secrets too old and dangerous to name. But it wasn't the house that unraveled my carefully curated world. It was the portrait. Her name is Isolde and she looks just like me. Aedan the enigmatic guardian of Thornfell watches me with a mix of caution and something deeper as though I might unlock the ghosts he's spent a lifetime keeping at bay. He warns me to stay away from the past but Thornfell doesn't seem to care what either of us wants. Letters that speak in riddles a puzzle box that defies logic and shadows that move with an unsettling intent-all of it conspires to pull me deeper into a mystery I was never meant to uncover. The further I go the more I realize this isn't just about Thornfell or even Isolde-it's about me. And once I open the doors to the truth there's no telling what will remain.</p>