The Séance Stakes
You're the best medium money can buy—but the ghost you need to find is the one he's hiding.
Desperate to save your dying sister, you enter a high-stakes séance competition at a reclusive billionaire's haunted estate. The prize: the only cure for her illness. But as you channel spirits for the enigmatic judge, you discover the house is genuinely haunted—and he's using the contest to find a ghost that knows his darkest secret. Win, and you save your sister; lose, and you become the next spirit bound to the walls. This gothic billionaire romance blends paranormal suspense with high-stakes rivalry, where every séance could be your last.
The story begins
The candelabras guttered as I crossed the ballroom threshold, and every flame in the room leaned toward me like a crowd of curious faces. Julian Ashworth stood at the head of the long mahogany table, his silhouette sharp against the velvet-draped windows, the sea gnawing at the cliffs somewhere below.
"Miss Marlowe," he said, and his voice carried the chill of the house itself. "You're the last to arrive."
I didn't answer. I was too busy counting the dead.
There were three of them in the room, clinging to the shadows where the candlelight couldn't reach—a footman in livery, a woman in a torn chemise, and a child who stared at me with hollow eyes. The child pointed toward the ceiling. Then she smiled.
"Your competitors are waiting," Julian said, gesturing to the table where the academic, the charlatan, and the frightened medium sat in uneasy silence. "Shall we begin?"
I forced my gaze away from the child. "You've got more than ghosts in this house, Mr. Ashworth. You've got something that's been here a long time. Something hungry."
His jaw tightened. "Then you'll fit right in."
What happens next is up to you.
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