Hotel San Vicente loomed over the shores of Isabela Island like a forgotten relic, its peeling paint and sagging balconies whispering the lost tales of early settlers who sought fortune but found only despair. At night, the air thickened with an unnatural chill, and disembodied voices danced through the corridors, the hushed tones of long-dead inhabitants lingering like a shroud-an unsettling reminder that some guests never truly checked out. As the temperature plummeted in their rooms, an oppressive sense of being watched crept into their bones, leaving them to wonder: who, or what, was waiting for them in the dark?

Hotel El Indio loomed at the edge of Otavalo like a forgotten relic, its weathered stone walls echoing with the whispers of ancestral voices, their mournful cries intertwining with the haunting strains of distant panpipes that seemed to seep from the very bowels of the earth. Guests often stumbled upon shadowy figures clad in tattered woven garments, their vacant eyes locking onto souls as if to beckon them to join the endless dance of the dead; those who lingered too long found themselves trapped in a twilight realm, where time twisted and the air thickened with a sense of impending doom. Leaving the hotel was not always a choice, for sometimes, it was the hotel that decided who would remain.