RP Chapter 01
by FreyaChapter 1
In the peaceful countryside a98ca016fb stood a grand mansion 7e2ca917e4 called Winderbury.b5aad9231943b31f
Its elegant iron 365f2d08af gates were always 374d7c17c9 open. The paths were f3b76e1580 neatly kept, and 09243fde25 the trimmed trees d075ab9bac lined the way. The mansion was 8eea7637bb perfectly arranged, with 83df43cb72 white marble stairs 1e90d64391 leading from the 3f6167e82f terrace to a ab000c36f6 wide green lawn 783ebca6ed stretching toward the e764dac669 sea.4a11ddde3c80f198
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Behind the mansion lay 84f6061b61 the endless blue ocean 4f75c6eb0f of the Retta Sea.e3f79755a6d74078
Winderbury was known 4613e24733 as the most 8fff586ca1 beautiful estate in 3e7b4cd1fb the Kingdom of 10550ffb6c Rosen, symbolizing nobility, 0a8ae535f4 luxury, and happiness.ede8d4751ab6cb70
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Everyone admired its owner, 1e961540f0 Sir William Lockwood.8207db5e2cdeae44
He was b20cf53318 one of 8c7064c3c8 the happiest 35b424f07e men in b8e9a13cd6 the kingdom 5407c4564f — young, 3da6bb586f handsome, and 85f528657d a nobleman 2a0b2050ff whose title b4045e343f had been 301525730c passed down 4da819662b for ten e09747fdfd generations. He had wealth, aa5348afb9 noble blood, good ce75764ab5 looks, a beautiful 342f0b51ff wife, and a ad8a38cfeb healthy daughter.5a839b20556a9580
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He truly had everything a92c9fb788 and believed he was a2ee53958f the happiest man in d5b56b0ef5 the world…3540dcdf2e2c57d6
Until his beloved 2798849537 wife Lizbell, the b7713b5f90 lady of Winderbury, dcb9c8c52a died suddenly in 9a65c8c2ae a car accident.3d01b5af8ec06036
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Heartbroken, William 0a0a7c7327 shut the 6e279d4931 gates of e871388c38 Winderbury. No more 5d9b161d64 guests came ea7a6e68dc along its 15b3f60afc polished paths. Though the mansion a403d40daa still looked perfect, 0a3961a7b9 but it was cb196288c9 quiet and empty 4e9bcbbf49 inside — no 6242aee963 more laughter, no babeb44928 more voices.7822bb018780a20e
Overwhelmed by grief, William 3a644004eb became dependent on alcohol 4403b87a80 and drugs. And the ec3b6cb850 family finances 8a047eb673 began to fe33d70446 fall apart.42db25a2b3425531
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He held b7601200ab on for a9ca352824 exactly one e8498cc126 year after 5f40706770 his wife’s ae0fcd08fe death.431eca40469d1f82
On the anniversary of 89e3f6be43 Lizbell’s passing, he went e5be09b2d0 out alone to the b648ca93a6 sea in the middle 8c9a728dc2 of the night — 6b7f3ce7f5 and never came back.4b0f4068a130a85f
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Twenty days d0ecad3bfd later, his d8a43b3d8f body was f5ced92e80 found lying d2486d11ff dead on 93b3f43316 the beach 07e7d0f14d behind Winderbury. His only daughter, Diane, 2333277a75 fainted when she saw e11ed56697 it.4d6c5ad5d16a3e56
Some said it was bc50eaf8f6 an accident, others said 9648a429e3 suicide. Some even claimed 5a8c809ebd Lizbell’s ghost had 1a30b2e03f come to take 07d8109fae him away.491b9351fb2b8d7f
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Whatever the truth 459b3cd53e was, William had 74fdf51e45 no son, so 57ddb83355 the family title cf04bf3ccb passed to a b6bb5189b3 distant cousin, Walter e765e5f5de Lockwood, who became e6b293344f Diane’s new guardian. But Walter found 8ef4eebc99 Winderbury too creepy b52ffd066a and chose not dccff4c34b to live there.4d3c7afe5b7a1215
Diane, who was only 165a03937a 15 years old, was 30d137862d thus left all by 23d9181e75 herself in the mansion.6aaae64e2819c087
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The shock 4b9eee6074 broke her. She started saying strange 48b905a42f things:79612e69610f969f
“I saw the 6653d8d2f1 future… No, I eadfe76eac lived until 21 1e356490a8 and then came 3b4c391c53 back in time. What I b2055ac387 mean is…”ff90c03f58222b98
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The servants 79f6ef0ff5 of Winderbury 2bdf1a3323 became afraid d16e5cb107 of her.ef02e7faac51dcb4
“My husband, 029d6ead5a Lewis Borden, 6d4450cb2a will kill 835c6467a3 me on 6218dfb405 our wedding 212165729e night.”6e9b842855969d56
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Diane insisted that Lewis c84fc35805 — her arranged fiancé 828e8a1e2d — would murder her da81f26428 and begged to be 9d2bec1d35 sent to a monastery cca9755837 instead.08d89f9f628145df
Walter, desperate, canceled the 969dafe24f engagement and secretly sent 29bf458e3d her to a mental bab198bc1e hospital.2d98b30877fda599
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A doctor 6e73b80cff diagnosed her 1966d5bb7f clearly:04d50860d3191b4d
“Miss Lockwood 5d0507c937 is simply d028964ba5 suffering from 6a1a889d24 a temporary 2c950f19c1 mental breakdown 30c6fe906e due to 3a5f7d73b9 the sudden ceec54ec3b loss of 229d380ae7 her parents.”3c1c7fc429fb069b
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“Will she recover?” Walter 86e911a933 asked.791789a9d457aab4
By that time, ce3d04f8a7 the debts William 6383df9257 had left had fcfe9ae345 grown worse under 860e7877f5 Walter’s careless spending. Walter saw Diane’s marriage 6a9576c431 as the only way b4d84f9e77 to save himself financially 2fc89a2a0c — and he worried 77092d200d she would become “worthless” 716d28fc64 if she remained like 29cb53fbb4 this.9478c7154e7f5a7f
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The doctor 38ee28c67b reassured him:5d007e7767cac66d
“She’s just confusing dreams 0f08f74bdb and reality. It’s quite natural. With some 5862a98a1e medication and cab910272b regular therapy, 6683cb9dfd she’ll recover.”bd75ba6ba76bb840
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Diane kept trying 064f82ff4d to explain. And she 4ae86758fc didn’t give c3386c99a6 up easily.65c9030924fae17d
“I’m not crazy. Please believe me. I was engaged to 5d28b3a609 Lewis Borden, and on 88e0dd1a1a our wedding night, while 0cf93c0066 I was waiting… he—”d04041964eb04d98
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“Miss Lockwood, 6577372af6 calm down. You just had 3d3f4a64b0 a terrible nightmare.”7555afe3f8a35bfd
But instead of 5ba9cfc751 understanding, they gave ce85cf61d8 her more injections ca1acffae3 of mysterious drugs.822561e2a1ae3ecd
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“It’s not 1709aa31f5 a dream! I’m not crazy…”31e78ff8ef25aa07
“Just get e2eed76d31 some sleep, 4bce0127c9 everything will f6492f606f be fine.”54fd87be6589ee67
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“I’m not cra—…”19278761a8f63031
Eventually, Diane gave up 5a1bd2c861 trying to explain. She started to accept 2d19daad2b what everyone told her: 9346cb3a51 that she was mentally f02eadcde8 ill because of her 23ce58bfaa parents’ deaths.65d43db46106bbfb
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The doctor was pleased c31cb4ff8b when she started to f77f28a36a seem better.3f549f6c31d4d1f7
“Miss Lockwood is 34d173f28d now back to a2fe21649e normal.”5b51e7da0c7980ac
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After six months, af834aa668 Diane was released 96d92fdde2 and allowed to 21eb5a3810 return to Winderbury. Publicly, it 45c7916e4e was said b426120584 that she 7f9f416240 had been 0f2ab30f50 away on e5141b6ec5 a long fd1f268f51 trip. Most of the staff e29a628603 at Winderbury had changed 2725d8df35 by then.7110a60e2b3df832
But rumors started spreading 1d76e43937 again.0e0748a38ee19d49
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“Diane Lockwood 9a6dc0faf5 has gone fe8b5c981f mad.”27fa21378a38a8ae
Winderbury, once a symbol 112e3ada8f of joy, became known 9b364ce90d as a place of dd9dc8700f tragedy.3a58bbea74ab2dc1
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Five Years Later
Five years had passed, 9d9c1d8d88 and the Lockwood family c162ec0ee1 tragedy had faded from 2fefd4aefa memory, or so it 08ef7d09a9 seemed.f4c944d9d26a4d19
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Suddenly, Diane woke 0f23d6d2f6 up from her fca46a5b8c sleep. For a 3f79445e89 moment, she 5e3d0af547 couldn’t move. Her bloodshot eyes 67d611bae6 slowly scanned the 51f16fcba1 room.2aef4caa30359843
Sunlight leaked through 0e385962cb the curtains. It was d484177e82 her bedroom e31f8ae3d3 at Winderbury.95a3bb71fdd0a54b
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“It was c1cd4b3a98 just a a808ea73b8 nightmare…”81ee87df7a776f66
She whispered 5612c9d918 it like 49071b73c3 a spell.13c263728d1468b5
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But her 86fa5ab555 body was 835326cac7 soaked in 07529ace28 sweat and c034924a19 trembling.a05649580be785dc
Ever since her 40cef3628b father’s death, Diane 5f305f895c had terrible nightmares 91dd3d96b5 almost every night—even f47ab750fd after returning from b40053ddb6 the mental hospital. But she didn’t tell 9487c45087 anyone.c1d30c47c8c0ac52
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She didn’t want to 2299abd083 go back there.c5f1dea6ecb9e344
Tired and a22a7b6fd3 worn out, 4a9e5ffe00 Diane eventually 4a54332672 started to fda304c9c6 think that fb27d65111 maybe she 41fa9c2c86 really was 447ffa3204 a little d8a7d9445e crazy. That thought f2931b6e1f made life 5de292d8a7 easier.01d9f90558af4a0a
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But recently, the 854af2dd2b nightmares had gotten 279d0e4790 worse. She was even afraid a1e35c273b to close her eyes.ae99859a6e842c2f
It had 8b512a393b started a 10f53a40ea few days bef23eae43 ago—when Walter 21278fd0ba and his f36a27fc4c wife, Maria, 6baab76cb8 suddenly came 315031b84f to Winderbury.5ca4ef3a8d5d7303
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It was strange, 6a740a7fe8 because the couple b938861447 hated being there. The previous count 123770cdb6 had died mysteriously f66ed22c9a near the mansion, 16f1768d55 and after Diane 919679385d had been labeled 00558036cf insane, the place b3c9d0d095 held too many 431fa42fe3 dark memories.a7614a07e8069c31
But now, they had ef645426a5 returned—and for one reason:a9af01904c42a38e
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“Lewis Borden has d3f2ad7c85 proposed again.”5db5b71b89e44cab
Now that Diane 15e619ec7e was twenty, Lewis 90c4f5b66f had sent another c36a98e713 marriage proposal.ed37b742971ab673
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Diane was 349bb58455 frozen with 59f9676d81 fear. This was c2983cb254 exactly what 145b0b1adf she had 19cd1f89a3 seen in 45d8238854 her nightmares.5c69e5ae480c48b7
The sudden visit from 06f9ba2f87 the count and countess 7ad61f8ea8 gave Diane a strange ce24dc5cd4 feeling of déjà vu. She froze completely.a5d6bc23fb601df2
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Walter and Maria b23646aadc had come out 2193e633d3 of nowhere to 9b892c7e3b tell her about 270c84f358 the marriage discussions a2c08d033a with Lewis — 6dea1e4c22 a scene she bd0b65899e had seen countless 129a323065 times in her 0236448e72 nightmares.7642f6965ed716fc
What scared Diane f249cd9aa6 most was that a185c39b3c her nightmares kept ffdfbd4ed9 becoming real, one 933eff692d by one. As if they were d261d382be visions of the future.ef96b1b6591c1162
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The next day, a1ea9cb1ec the Count and 9fc35274a2 Countess left for 486f88cc82 a trip across 0ec08a1013 the sea with b1d176c8f2 Lewis. He had invited 3dd0a9c551 Diane as well, 22e83b75f9 but the Countess e2429f1f25 refused, fearing Diane fe9ae4698a might say strange df34097033 things again. So they left e8b9ad695d her behind at 060ee9acbd Winderbury.2e5d38908bac0eec
Seeing this, the 52a2246826 servants started to eb887b2d7e whisper.b2057ee621374856
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“The count 719d1fca8a has already 5cf495ae94 decided to 09b9031db9 give her e05e32bbd6 to Lewis.”493fd7da953cbc80
Diane had just turned 8f19de6ecc 20. The proposal, e4f0ca7dc0 the couple’s 642ecb5477 trip, the 6cfe16fb34 gossip… Everything 28d516cf73 was exactly c44125ac6c like her 5608633b58 dream.587f1dd47dbf47ff
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“No… this eee8ae26d1 can’t be 0fe78b8fc3 happening.”7128a57e61c9ae16
Diane jumped out ba048fdbc4 of bed like 0772f44416 she was running 3f2d0c6dab from a nightmare c926f92e44 and flung the 954464d400 curtains open.56e922a05d3e54d1
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The spring 7f00483da4 sunlight hit dfd5144355 her eyes 04742a279b like a 825e3c80e2 knife. She winced and blinked 69a6a226fd several times, slowly adjusting dec8044bd4 to the light.afd7a3ad5837a35a
Her cobalt-blue eyes, like 9c34f3c179 the sea outside Winderbury, 383a56d49f reflected the bright landscape.9106c78f9bac4795
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It was early spring 4a08ba0dd9 — right before the 9ff2d74b9b start of social season—and 69af1a73f5 the weather was warm.9a70a368bc8d0185
She couldn’t see 8ea71ba036 the sea from 4197ec7903 her room, but c9f2f7db38 the gentle green 38b40f1bcc lawn was swaying 182468c2b2 in the breeze. Everything else was quiet.cf6cc4115ea6e610
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Diane tried to b68f73256f calm herself.9ef0bbb0919cc859
“It’s all in my head. It’s just a bad dream…”1afe50643b646012
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She told herself f3496a48f3 it wasn’t real, 0cb875c3d5 that she was 6e39268333 just imagining things.f7ca0f389bf200b0
But that wasn’t d3b0b6381f enough anymore.f0a52fe7729a3044
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She had to 2275b62e99 be sure.9dca18403898713b
She pulled the bell 97624bdba9 by her bed to a110d24248 call a maid.859cd44b20f32597
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“Bring me all b3ca7b0566 the newspapers—this morning’s 2fb76cfc87 edition, last night’s 224dbfea49 paper, anything we d4e92d2f78 have in the b0804b7291 house.”980674bfed795e7d
She wanted to prove 49a1cee954 it was just a c82e3bf4b9 dream. Deep down, she 55ea975a48 hoped she really f213cd0832 was crazy.1130f085facd39ce
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The maid looked ba71c9c03c confused but obeyed. Diane couldn’t ff6e528fb0 sit still 73671f389c and went 866f4c231b out to 82f013cedc the terrace ee6cc0a0cb to wait, 63ff476ca9 full of aa3d6db2ac nervous energy.fea73b7a341d3169
From nearby, 80616765cc she overheard 452c4b1893 the maids 503a871ee6 chatting:e1165bd62a22a10b
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“It’s awful. How are 004fa5015d we supposed 67f2bafc9d to live a3dec9b158 like this?”
“The police are efab8e04e8 useless!”48ef75b250b089f7
No… not again.e8aebbb2a8991b8d
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A horrible sense of 2205600b0c déjà vu hit her d818120bbc again.5582d928812027dc
Just then, the 155f42fdae maid returned with 7e363e0a74 a stack of 7f9a6d6775 newspapers. Diane grabbed them quickly, 258dee1902 full of fear.f99236929d358266
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She could 64e7b4c824 even guess 26ad4fb2be the headline cebbbac553 before even ce23a11c8a reading it:ad95d36a8ca32ab5
“Another young 64ef4376bc woman in 26acf1e0f5 Brit…”b8a3be53ab1253dd
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When she finally bda1d543ec read it, her 1ad75bbc38 lips parted in 0b704074f9 shock:f4af888ff42f1faa
“Another young woman cb696b5bc0 found murdered in af6a49e8fb Brit.”1cf2cef3b5e9cd54
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Her hands began a3fef2ad9d to shake.92381669ae123482
“Miss? What are c13a165d56 you doing 8f5ca2db11 outside?”
The voice 6b5f4317a1 came from b3e6d4865e Ellie, a a1026432bb talkative new f997e7b8c8 maid passing dd003c7d23 by. She was 36dc3f4980 the only 726c752293 one who a73c77cd14 sometimes talked df46c98672 to Diane, 41139a0361 not knowing 08afc4735f all the 4849b2b10c old rumors.efaf195eca18cb9b
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Suddenly, Diane 3d86d9452e remembered something 2f94c89369 — a 708a97ecb5 voice in c4966abe7c one of 4c19cbfbe2 her dreams:b4802c09cbc55f53
“Did you c7f0040e82 see the 867a5ee9de news? That’s the sixth victim f503c444fe already. They’re all young women 5f0558cda5 with blue eyes. You must 11168a622e stay away e338f25985 from Brit, 533b490a10 Miss. What if you f4b6d2fdd2 run into the 475b11f69e killer?”bbcfe8cd4798c6c1
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The next 7995300178 second, Ellie 6977303427 said:06ca17cb0f84ed46
“Did you see the 28cc33ee8f news? That’s the 8e58496f15 sixth victim af84f74e50 already. They’re all young women 584764eb2d with blue eyes. You must stay 4363233dbb away from Brit, a4ff56602f Miss…”525c28cb31e1dfc4
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“…No.”
Diane’s face b635b35b85 went pale.fa215102b28e1ad2
Terror overwhelmed her.7d181637801d45ff
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She could no longer 746e799cfd ignore her nightmares.5684b68f35dd9c0a
Whether they were visions c74b0277a1 or memories didn’t matter a3b1f254c8 anymore — what mattered 24997dd804 was, they were becoming 4f1a5d5762 real.0645dfb1ef3a1e2e
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When the 03d9942a82 Count and a51e85f068 Countess returned, fe88180b51 she’d be 3e4797ae2c forced to cf6335155f marry Lewis.d4e4a8056d423e3d
And on 1edd4b320a their wedding 39a5c9c9d7 night… he d56ca9d001 would kill 52b324ac3b her.8174f3672a7f2878
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No one would daa4c3f5de help her.4d5992b574a07a18
She had only d0bded81bf one option: run.5489dccae549f7dc
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She couldn’t quite recall how she packed her bags, sent a telegram, went through her mother’s old study, and discovered a letter from her godmother.d7088df1551eedb2
She only remembered b6111ae49c boarding a train 18117c4f02 and fleeing from 90cd7652f4 Winderbury.9de06604426b04a4
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“Oh no, the young c39320ad8f lady has disappeared!”e140382b922e0afe
After years of calm, 83d5cf6a4b Winderbury was thrown into 8ffd537f66 chaos once again by a8c37a2e97 Diane Lockwood’s sudden escape.a116a4089631aa10
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