First Life, Second Life

From childhood, Lena heard village legends about ghosts in a ruined prince’s manor. They haunted its inhabitants, but even when the manor stood empty and fell into disrepair, the apparitions never left. Everyone shunned the cursed place, while Lena saw beauty in it and dreamed of restoring the manor. Having met a wealthy man, she used all her charms to inspire him to do it…

And she succeeded! The son of an urban oligarch agreed to invest millions in the reconstruction. He brought an architect along with him, and two oddballs who called themselves ghost hunters. All of them stayed in the manor overnight—some out of laughter, others hoping to see ghosts. And when they woke up, it turned out that one of them was dead…