She was born on a distant island to an enslaved woman who died at her birth, and taken away while still a child raised not as family, but as proof. Educated, disciplined, and carefully watched, Myrna is meant to show that a Black child can be shaped into a “proper” member of society if stripped of her past. The mansion calls this kindness. The world calls it progress. But as Myrna grows older, so does her curiosity. Strange disappearances, forbidden rooms, and whispered histories begin to pull