In the forgotten village of Hallowbridge, time has a way of standing still-and so do secrets.

When brilliant but haunted detective Arthur Stoker returns to the place he once called home, he's drawn back not by peace, but by a letter. A warning. A whisper from the past:
"Come home. You missed something."

Years ago, the love of his life, Helen, vanished on the bridge that gave the village its name. No body. No sound. Just her scarf-tied too neatly to ignore.

Now, with a string of new murders haunting the village and a mysterious spiral symbol appearing at every scene, Arthur begins to dig. But the deeper he searches, the more he unearths: buried conspiracies, long-forgotten crimes, and a tale that stretches back to a woman accused of witchcraft and erased from the town's memory.

As the line between truth and delusion begins to blur, Arthur must confront not just the darkness around him-but the one growing inside.

Some memories fade.
Some names are forgotten.
But not all of them stay buried.

And something beneath it... waiting.Before the girl. 


Chapter 2 - PART I — THE WITHERING.