Leo was born with a “birthmark” that looked suspiciously like a garrote wire scar around his neck. For sixteen years, he has been haunted by the smell of wet earth and the sound of scratching wood. When he discovers a hidden grave in the cellar of an abandoned Victorian estate, he realizes the horrifying truth: he isn’t just living a new life; he is inhabiting a vessel meant to pay a debt his previous self owed to a nameless entity. Reincarnation wasn’t a gift of a second chance—it was a way for the demon to keep its prey fresh.
