The Walls Between Us: A Psychological Gothic Thriller About Silence, Secrets, and Survival

By MOURAD BARGHOUTHE

The walls of Elmwood House were built to keep secrets in.

And a silent boy is trapped inside.

Leo Kael has run out of second chances.

When he accepts a live-in position as a companion to a nine-year-old non-verbal child, he expects routine. Quiet. Structure. Sam doesn't speak. He doesn't make eye contact.
And every night at 2:13 a.m., something scratches through the walls.

Three short. Two long. A pause. One long.

An apology.

As Leo begins to decode the pattern, he uncovers the buried history of Elmwood House-an east wing sealed after a mysterious fire, a forgotten child named Eli, and a psychological method built not to heal trauma... but to erase it.

Sam isn't imagining the sounds. He's receiving them. And the more Leo listens, the clearer it becomes: the house isn't haunted by a ghost.

It's haunted by what was done.

Now, with powerful figures watching and the truth pressing through the walls, Leo must decide how far he's willing to go to protect a child the world has already tried to silence.

Because some walls don't just hide secrets.

They keep them alive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GN2S9FD4
• ISBN13: 9798248048823
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"