The Hollow Hill Pact
By A.R Black

It was supposed to be a dare.

A quick video. A laugh. Something to post and forget.

When four schoolmates sneak into an ancient burial mound while filming a TikTok, they awaken something that has been waiting for centuries. In the dark beneath the hill, a presence demands a pact — binding them together and sealing their fate.

At first, the consequences are small. Strange marks. Glitches on their phones. Whispers in the night.

Then one of them starts to fade.

As the price of the pact grows heavier, friendships fracture and fear turns them against each other. The only way to survive is to return to the barrow and finish what they started — even if it means becoming part of the hill forever.

Some places are meant to be left alone.

And some promises never let you go.