Victoria and Brady came to the old estate seeking a fresh start. They expected creaking floorboards, aging plumbing, and the usual challenges of restoring a historic property. What they did not expect was to become entangled in a mystery that had been waiting for them for over a century.

The discovery came quietly. A bundle of letters hidden behind the wainscoting. Faded ink. Fragile paper. The voice of a young woman who vanished from history in 1887. Her name was Élise Derlyn. She was confined to her room for refusing an arranged marriage…