Whispers don’t lie. But will they save her… or trap her forever?

When Aanya Verma inherits her estranged aunt’s decaying hill estate, she expects silence. Instead, she finds a house that breathes in secrets and exhales fear.

Every locked door hums with history. Every mirror reflects someone else’s memory. And every whisper in the night… calls her by name.
But this isn’t just a haunting. It’s a ritual that never ended.

With the help of Veer, a mysterious forest officer with his own buried past, Aanya must uncover why the house waited for her—and why leaving it might be the deadliest choice of all.

 A slow-burn horror thriller laced with forbidden truths, ancient rituals, and a romance born in the ruins of reality.

In the Withered House… the past doesn’t rest. And neither will you.

• Emotionally introverted, intuitive, and quietly brave.


• Scarred by childhood abandonment and unaware of her ancestral legacy.


• Her nightmares may not be nightmares—but memories.


• Learns to fight her inner and outer demons in a haunted house that knows her better than she knows herself.


• A brooding forest officer with a military past and eyes that hide sorrow.


• Calm, observant, and silently protective.


• Holds deep guilt over something that happened in these woods years ago.


• Slowly bonds with Aanya, not through words—but actions and silences.


• A spectral child who haunts the estate's well and corridors.


• Innocent but trapped—her whispers are warnings.


• Has an emotional connection to Aanya that becomes chillingly clear.


• Aanya's aunt who left her the estate.


• Obsessed with occult rituals and unlocking "truths" about the house.


• Her diaries become the terrifying roadmap of what lies ahead.


• More than wood and brick. It remembers.


• A living entity twisted by pain, rituals, and forgotten spirits.


• It does not want to hurt Aanya. It wants to keep her.


Chapter 4 - CHARACTER sketches