The house in Saint Virelle had a heartbeat.
At least, that's what Luna told herself whenever she heard the walls creak after midnight.
Old houses made noises.
Old houses settled.
Old houses did not whisper.
Yet every night since moving in, she would lie awake staring at the ceiling, listening to sounds she couldn't explain.
A soft thud above her room.
A distant scrape of wood.
The faint feeling that someone was standing at the edge of her bed long after she closed her eyes.
Tonight was no different.
Except tonight, she decided she was done being afraid.
The attic door groaned as she pushed it open.
Dust floated through shafts of moonlight. The scent of old wood and forgotten memories wrapped around her instantly.
Her grandmother had moved into the house two weeks ago.
No explanation.
No warning.
Just a single suitcase, a quiet smile, and eyes that seemed to know things Luna never said out loud.
Her father called it family helping family.
But Grandma never acted surprised by anything.
Not even Luna.
Especially not Luna.
The attic was packed with old furniture draped in white sheets and boxes stacked to the ceiling.
Most of them were labeled.
Christmas Decorations.
Books.
Kitchen.
Do Not Open.
Naturally, that was the first box she chose.
Luna knelt beside it and lifted the lid.
Photographs spilled across the floor.
Dozens of them.
Maybe hundreds.
The breath caught in her throat.
Her mother.
Every photograph showed her smiling.
Laughing.
Alive.
Luna picked one up with trembling fingers.
She hadn't seen her mother's face like this in years.
The few pictures downstairs had become background decorations. Easy to avoid. Easy to ignore.
These were different.
These felt real.
For a moment, the attic disappeared.
There was only Luna and the woman she'd spent her entire life missing.
"I wish you were here," she whispered.
The words barely left her lips before the air changed.
The temperature dropped.
The silence deepened.
And suddenly, the room felt crowded.
Luna froze.
The photograph slipped from her hand.
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