When Samantha, a gentle soul burdened by a strange and enigmatic past, vanished without a trace, the world assumed the worst—that she had been abducted, possibly even killed. Yet, as her best friend Kathleen set out to uncover the truth, she and her companions unearthed far more than they had anticipated. What lay beneath Samantha's disappearance was a labyrinth of secrets tied to forces beyond the natural world, forces that had quietly shaped her life for years.

As Kathleen's investigation deepened, she discovered a hidden network of individuals connected to Samantha’s past, people who seemed to know more about her than even she did. But darker revelations soon surfaced—Samantha’s current circle of friends, trusted and familiar, were not what they appeared. They had long been watching her, waiting for the moment she would unlock a doorway into realms no human was meant to access.

Before Kathleen and her team could traverse the realms in their quest to rescue her, Samantha inexplicably reappeared—or did she?

Where are you, Samantha?

Kathleen stood frozen as the entire library trembled under an unseen, malevolent force that resonated through her very core. The shelves groaned, ancient tomes rattled in protest, and a spectral chill descended, yet her companions were unfazed. 


Ruby, Jay, Takumi, and Tomoya concentrated intently on the pentacle Tomoya was carefully etching into the dusty floorboards, each stroke deliberate and filled with purpose. The soft murmurs of an ancient incantation flowed under his breath, intertwining with the crackle of latent energy in the air. 


Her gaze, however, was drawn irresistibly to the grimoire Tomoya wielded. It radiated an aura unlike anything from the one Samantha owned as though this book itself held a life force of its own. 


“That grimoire… it looks different,” Kathleen muttered under her breath, her curiosity battling the fear that clutched at her. 


Echoes of the Void