The Blue Door - A Legacy of Lies
Charlotte Velez
Publisher: Publishdrive
Summary
A chilling wind whispers secrets at Seabrook Manor, a grand Victorian perched on the rugged Maine coast. Elara Hayes feels it too – a creeping unease beneath the veneer of her perfect life. Her architect husband, Elias, dismisses it as stress, but Elara suspects the source is far more sinister: a vibrant blue door in the basement, pulsing with an unsettling energy.The discovery of an old photograph – a girl who is Elara’s uncanny double, her eyes wide with a terror that transcends time – ignites an obsession. Cryptic notes appear as if from thin air, and her children speak of unseen playmates, their drawings filled with swirling vortexes of blue and shadowy figures lurking in doorways.Elias, increasingly distant, dismisses Elara’s fears. Desperate, she turns to Imogen Quinn, a local historian whose knowledge of the region’s hidden past runs deep. Imogen unearths a history far darker than Elara could have imagined: generations of unexplained disappearances, hushed-up deaths, and a dark pact made with unseen forces, all tied to the Hayes family. Some doors, Imogen warns, are best left unopened.But Elara, driven by the growing dread that permeates her life, finds an antique key and descends into the basement, the blue door beckoning her into the unknown. The room beyond is not empty. A chilling tableau awaits – a testament to a ritualistic sacrifice echoing across decades. And as Elara uncovers a bloodstained journal, a terrifying truth emerges: she and her children are not just witnesses to this dark legacy, but integral players.Her idyllic life unravels, revealing a web of meticulously crafted lies. The man she loves, the father of her children, is the orchestrator of her manufactured existence, the keeper of the family's terrible secret. He chose her, molded her, groomed her for the final, terrifying act of a generations-old curse.With the solstice approaching, the time of the final sacrifice, Elara must fight for survival. It’s not just about uncovering the truth; it’s about escaping the blue door’s grasp and the unseen forces demanding their due. But her greatest challenge lies in confronting the chilling realization that her entire life, her very identity, has been a lie designed to fulfill a terrifying destiny. Can she break free from the past and protect her children from a fate she never knew she was meant to inherit?
Available since: 12/04/2024.
Print length: 127 pages.
