Episode notes
Daniel Stork booked the winter deal at the Monarch Hotel because it was cheap and his family was falling apart and he thought mountains might fix what three years of silence couldn't.
His wife Lillian resented him. Resented Jake, the second child she never wanted. Their daughter Kayleigh, sixteen, had stopped speaking to both of them in complete sentences. Jake, seven, drew pictures of the family where no one was touching.
The Monarch sits at nine thousand feet in the Colorado Rockies. Five stories of Victorian elegance preserved in amber. No other guests. No staff. The last entry in the guest register is dated 1952. A family of four. Found dead three days later.
The blizzard seals them in on the first night.
Three ghosts live in the Monarch. Lady Sadie Montgomery, who collects children. Dr. Bartholomew Hadden, who trades in secrets. Julien Esclarmonde, who punishes women he deems cruel. Each one finds the family member whose wound is deepest and presses.
Jake starts talking to someone Daniel can't see. Kayleigh starts confessing things she's never told anyone. Lillian starts hearing a voice that tells her everything she already believes about herself.
And Daniel, who dragged his family to this frozen monument to save a marriage that was already dead, is about to learn exactly what that costs.
Some of them will not leave the Monarch Hotel. The ones who do will never be the same.