faint scratching sound echoed from the attic above.

Emily sitting on a couch at night

Emily sitting on a couch at night

Emily sitting on a couch at night

Emily sitting on a couch at night watching tv

As she settled on the couch, a faint scratching sound echoed from the attic above.

As she settled on the couch, a faint scratching sound echoed from the attic above.

the house cloaked in an eerie silence

the house cloaked in an eerie silence

In the dead of night, Emily found herself home alone

In the dead of night, Emily found herself home alone

the book waiting patiently on the mossy earth for its next reader.

the book waiting patiently on the mossy earth for its next reader.

The book slammed shut on its own in the woods at night

The book slammed shut on its own in the woods at night

Suddenly, the ground trembled, and from the shadows in the woods at night

Suddenly, the ground trembled, and from the shadows in the woods at night

save for the rustling of leaves like soft footsteps encircling them.

save for the rustling of leaves like soft footsteps encircling them.

As one dared to read aloud, the air turned icy, and the woods fell silent in the night

As one dared to read aloud, the air turned icy, and the woods fell silent in the night

As one dared to read aloud, the air turned icy, and the woods fell silent,

As one dared to read aloud, the air turned icy, and the woods fell silent,

As one dared to read aloud, the air turned icy, and the woods fell silent,

As one dared to read aloud, the air turned icy, and the woods fell silent,

they opened the book, their flashlight beams dancing over cryptic symbols and languages lost to time

they opened the book, their flashlight beams dancing over cryptic symbols and languages lost to time

they opened the book, their flashlight beams dancing over cryptic symbols and languages lost to time

they opened the book, their flashlight beams dancing over cryptic symbols and languages lost to time

Ignoring the chilling whispers that seemed to emanate from the tomb

Ignoring the chilling whispers that seemed to emanate from the tomb

Ignoring the chilling whispers that seemed to emanate from the tome

an ancient book, its cover bound in unsettling leather in the woods at night

an ancient book, its cover bound in unsettling leather in the woods at night

an ancient book, its cover bound in unsettling leather in the woods at night

an ancient book, its cover bound in unsettling leather in the woods at night