When ten year-old Harley moves with her parents to a remote countryside manor-just another project in their long string of house-flipping ventures-she expects peeling wallpaper and maybe a raccoon or two in the attic. What she finds is far more sinister.Something is wrong with the manor. Rooms echo with footsteps that don't belong to anyone. Shadows stretch in the wrong direction. And in the garden, buried beneath the weeds, lies a door that shouldn't be there-a door Harley can feel, even when she can't see it.With her fiercely loyal husky and best friend, Steve, at her side, Harley uncovers an ancient book bound in more than just leather. The book pulses like a second heart, its pages whispering secrets that dig into her mind and won't let go. As she digs deeper into the manor's past, she discovers the story of Arthur Bellamy-a previous occupant who tried to stop the very force she may have just unleashed.Bound by a mysterious mark and drawn into a centuries-old ritual, Harley must face a creature older than memory-one that wears familiar faces, mimics lost voices, and waits patiently to be invited in. As reality unravels, Harley's only hope lies in deciphering the cryptic messages left behind and trusting the bond between herself, her parents, and Steve.Because some doors, once opened, never truly close.