Some secrets are buried for a reason. Some families are, too.Eva expected her summer at Aunt Shirley's house to be a sentence of pure boredom-no Wi-Fi, dusty rooms, and the suffocating presence of her overbearing relatives. But the quiet perfection of the estate hides a predatory tradition. When her cousin Daniel reveals a horrifying pattern of "disappearing" guests and midnight burials in the backyard, Eva realizes she isn't just a visitor-she's the next Tuesday sacrifice.After a brutal betrayal leaves her wounded and hunted within the house's locked corridors, Eva is forced into a harrowing game of cat-and-mouse. To survive a family that demands absolute loyalty through blood, Eva must decide if she will remain the victim or become the very monster she's trying to escape.In a house where every smile is a lie and every exit is a trap, Eva discovers the most terrifying truth of all: She didn't escape the darkness; she became it.