House of Shadows

House of Shadows:

The Whispering Peeve Volume 1, Book 1

A Temporary Peace Shadows in the Glass Closing Remarks

CHARACTER LIST — Protagonist — Best Friend — Mysterious Girl / Central Figure in the Mystery — Classmate Chiamaka Okoye Adaeze NwosuChiamaka's Onyinye SomtochukwuChiamaka's

— Classmate — Classmate — Classmate ChidinmaChiamaka's IfeomaChiamaka's ChineduChiamaka's

— Classmate — Classmate Love — Emotional Clone ChukwudiChiamaka's ObinnaChiamaka's

Fear — Emotional Clone Anger — Emotional Clone Doubts — Emotional Clone Family — Supporting Characters (No pictures listed since they are not a major part of the story) Chiamaka's

NB: and are twins but that would not be considered in the book. Enjoy your reading! The Complete Story ChineduChukwudi

Chapter 1: Ordinary Days The morning light slanted across the classroom windows, thin and gray, as if the sun had better things to do than shine on s first day back. Her classmates chatted in clusters, passing notes, leaning across desks with too-loud laughter. smiled politely when someone glanced her way, but she couldn’t shake the strange feeling that the room was a stage and everyone else was reciting lines from a play she didn’t understand. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and focused on her notebook. The scratch of her pen was steady—until a flicker darted across the glass. A shadow, too quick, too deliberate. She looked up sharply. Nothing. Only the pale reflection of her own face in the window, staring back with wide eyes. “,” a classmate whispered, nudging her arm, “you’re spacing out again.” She forced another smile. “Just tired.” But the truth was, a chill lingered on her skin, prickling like frost. At dinner that night, warmth should have filled the little dining room. The clink of silverware, the smell of roasted chicken, the soft hum of her mother’s laugh.…