by Ardra Gouri·Translated by Novel AI Studio
Within the mist-shrouded grounds of Shadoweil Manor lies a black, stagnant pond that remembers every sin. Kaine, a hot-headed grifter running from a botched heist, thinks the isolated estate is his perfect sanctuary. He is dead wrong. After touching the pond's oily waters, Kaine is branded with a shifting, agonizing curse that physically manifests his darkest secrets. To survive the manor's suffocating supernatural horrors and the depraved, carnal temptations of the entities bound to the water, Kaine must navigate a deadly game of crime and punishment. As local detectives close in on his past, the pond demands absolute submission, forcing him into intense, boundary-breaking physical encounters that blur the line between ecstasy and torment. Every lie Kaine tells feeds the pond's power, warping his flesh and pulling him deeper into a nightmare where his own explosive temper is his greatest enemy. He must solve the manor's gruesome history before the curse consumes his sanity entirely.
