New Orleans, 1833.
The house on Chartres Street has three third-story windows.
And one of them is always watching.
Thirteen-year-old Violet Bell is used to being invisible. So when the words I see you appear in her sketchbook, she doesn't scream.
She listens.
The message comes from Isabelle - the ghost of a girl who died within these walls and never left. She lingers in a locked attic room scented with lavender and dust, bound to the house that keeps her.
Isabelle offers Violet and her brother Jasper something they've never had: a refuge from the noise of the world... and someone who finally sees them.
But the house is not just haunted.
A danger is closing in beyond its doors, threatening everything Violet holds dear. And as secrets surface, Violet begins to understand the truth about Isabelle - and the price of being tied to a house that never forgets.
Because sometimes a home protects you.
And sometimes it keeps you.
In this haunting tale of loneliness, loyalty, and the cost of belonging, not every spirit wants to leave.
Some are part of the walls.