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’s ears were filled with the rhythmic pounding of her own footsteps echoing through the sterile, hollow corridors of the hospital. 


 The hallway seemed to stretch endlessly before her, an oppressive tunnel of fluorescent light and pristine walls that only heightened the knot of anxiety twisting in her chest. Her breathing was labored, shallow, as if the very air around her had thickened, and with each passing second, the walls seemed to inch closer. 


 Her eyes locked onto the number of the room she sought, and adrenaline surged as she pushed the door open, her pulse roaring in her ears. 


 But the sight before her stopped her dead in her tracks. 


 Sheets lay untouched, meticulously arranged as if no one had been there at all. Her heart sank, a leaden weight dragging her spirit into a void of dread. 


Silent Ripples