The Second Cup

A Psychological Short Story

De: C. B. Wilder

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Ashcroft Hall breathes again. The house wakes to new voices, new footsteps… and new rituals.

Dana Holloway, housemaid and quiet shadow of the great estate, has perfected the art of silence. Her tea is flawless. Her hands are steady. Her record—spotless. Until the arrival of young Felix Weatherby, a boy with bright eyes, a sketchbook, and an unhealthy fascination with the woman behind the silver tray.

As Dana’s control begins to slip, a second voice whispers from the shadows of her mind—and the silver pendant at her throat tightens like a noose. The rituals must continue. The second cup must be poured.

When another body falls, suspicion grows. The constable returns. Ashcroft begins to turn against itself. And Dana? Dana is already preparing for what comes next.

Elegant, unsettling, and steeped in dread, The Second Cup is a dark descent into obsession, inheritance, and the quiet horror of what lies beneath a perfectly folded napkin.