Hotel du Simplon
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The Hotel du Simplon stood like a brooding sentinel in Lyon, its peeling facade whispering secrets of loves lost and lives extinguished, each room steeped in a chilling silence that seemed to breathe alongside its guests. Late at night, the air grew heavy with cold spots where the warmth of life dared not linger, punctuated only by the hollow echoes of footsteps that drifted through the dimly lit hallways, shadows twisting just beyond the corner of one's eye. Those who dared to linger too long in its haunted embrace often spoke of figures that glided effortlessly along the walls, their faces a fleeting canvas of despair, leaving behind an unsettling reminder that sometimes, the past is not quite finished with its hold on the living.