A Legacy of Fear

Lila always felt something lurked beneath the surface of Red Ridge. Her town's uncanny luck in a harsh world was more curse than blessing. When her grandmother vanishes into the shadowed heart of the ancient forest bordering the village, the whispers Lila spent her life ignoring gain a terrifying truth. A monstrous pact fuels their prosperity, each generation paying the price in whispered disappearances and hushed-up sacrifices. Lila, inheritor of this chilling legacy, refuses to be the next offering.
Driven by fear and defiance, she breaks the silence, igniting a desperate rebellion. But breaking the pact means facing unimaginable creatures, the lingering darkness that poisoned Red Ridge long before the monsters crawled from under the mountain. "A Legacy of Fear" unravels the true cost of easy living, a chilling exploration of how far communities will go for a taste of unnatural prosperity, of how easily a haven of safety can transform into a monstrous trap of their own design.