Villa Murat
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Perched on the precipice of the Aegean, Villa Murat exudes a beauty that belies its sinister history, where the sun dances on the calderas edge while shadows linger in the corners of its ancient halls. Guests have often awoken in the dead of night to a chilling presence, as if the very stones conspired to breathe life into the whispers of those long departed, chilling the air to unnatural depths, as if winter had crept in uninvited. Each night, as the moon casts its pallid glow, tales of unseen watchers and frigid fingers that brush against sleeping brows weave through the very fabric of the villa, drawing in the unsuspecting-only to leave them forever wondering who, or what, they