The Hermitage Hotel
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The Hermitage Hotel looms like a sentinel from another era, its grand facade whispering secrets of the past to the cobblestones below. In the muted glow of the gas lamps, a ghostly woman in a flowing white dress glides through the dim corridors, her mournful sighs mingling with the distant echoes of laughter and clinking glasses, as if teasing the living with tales of unfulfilled longing. Yet, beneath the elegance, an icy breath of dread lurks in every shadowed corner, reminding each guest that not all who check in will leave the same, for the walls remember, and they yearn to be heard.